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by ranguna 266 days ago
As a European, I don't mind this getting passed anymore. I'll just go around it like I do for many other laws. Enforcing laws in the EU is a total joke, even if this passes, no one will care.

Signal will probably add an option to circumvent this like they have for other laws in countries that block signal itself.

So, Europe, if you really want this, go ahead and spy on the majority of the people, I'll just keep using signal or something else that respects my privacy, even if it's "illegal" by your standards (again, like I already do for many other laws).

If the story is different this time around and they double down on enforcing this, I'll just leave to Switzerland, if they do the same, I'll go somewhere else. Or I'll become an activist, I've actually been kinda bored of everyday life, maybe fighting the "system" will be fun for a change.

I don't care anymore, there'll always be a way to do what whatever me and those close want, as long as we are not hurting anyone.

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Signal will stop sending confirmation SMSes to european phone numbers, unfortunately.
Source?
Sorry, I can't really find out where it says they'll stop sending confirmation SMSes in that post, in the blog post linked in that post and in that post's comments.