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[-] DeadEndLink@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 hours ago

Fuck the Canadian uniparty

[-] BurgerBaron@quokk.au 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Thanks Meredith, at least someone defends privacy that can get headlines.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 74 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

This woman has a spine of iron and more integrity than half the world's politicians put together:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker

We're fortunate to have her guiding policy for Signal. Clearly she's gathering people who see things the way she does:

In response to the amendments, Udbhav Tiwari, Signal’s vice president of strategy and global affairs, said that “creating a much weaker version of our product that collects all of this metadata, the choice for us, unfortunately, would be starkly clear: We will not make changes to our product.”

You should listen to her speak:

Meredith Whittaker: How big tech changed privacy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvHe2H9QVa4

Signal president on the future of free speech | Meredith Whittaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hUoq0QlhZI

KC: "Do you think that there might be a push on Signal? There might be pressure put on Signal to try and start collecting data at any point in time? Is that a danger that you could be potentially facing?"

MW: "Well, let me put it this way, not on my watch."

Signal’s President Says You Have Plenty to Hide | The Futurology Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYVeyhxLF7s

[-] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 5 points 3 hours ago

I don't understand what pulling out of Canada would mean?

[-] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Same thing as PornHub “pulling out” of certain states - if geolocation matches, do not provide service

[-] EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 3 points 1 hour ago

Thank you, I was starting to think maybe they had some physical presence there

[-] mintiefresh@piefed.ca 19 points 4 hours ago

Well done Signal. Keep fighting for all of us.

[-] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 84 points 7 hours ago

Good on signal

[-] AssaultPepper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 6 hours ago

Hoping they still continue operations here in spite of C22.

[-] Kyrias@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 hours ago

And nothing will happen to them for it.

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