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[–] • 8 pts 2y

This is always the right move. It's easy for users in that country to get around. Compromising your product just because one government in the 200+ countries in the world wants you to is silly. Then add all the states and provinces that can have their own laws. No.

[–] • 0 pt 2y

It's not the right move. They should not compromise their product, of course. But if they exit India, then they will exit other countries too. Eventually, they will exit every country and Signal will not exist, which is exactly what every country's government wants. To stay and fight is the answer, not to retreat.

[–] • 6 pts 2y

Doesn't matter. Signal is going to drop SMS support shortly. It's the new vision of their new diversity-hire President.

[–] • 6 pts 2y (edited 2y)

A secure communication app shouldn't know your phone number anyway.

It's one of the reasons that in reality there is no such thing as 'secure' and 'on a phone'. But signal does work on desktop. Specifically linux/bsd. There's also no such thing as 'secure' and 'on windows' unless you have full time NSA employees at your disposal to harden it for you. If you are on either of those devices you might as well not attempt privacy because there is no point.

[–] • 1 pt 2y

A secure communication app shouldn't know your phone number anyway.

Why not? It has to know some unique identifier or it can't route messages to you.

[–] • 6 pts 2y

The unique identifier doesn't have to be your phone number with your phone bill, credit card, and most importantly your name, attached to it...

[–] • 0 pt 2y

If only someone could invent some technology to generate random globally unique identifiers. Maybe some programmer can get on this. /s

[–] • 0 pt 2y

And doesn't it rely on the OS not being inherently compromised? India just doesn't have the back door key like other major governments do.

[–] • 0 pt 2y

Unlikely. Someone can, and probably will, simply maintain the old code base.

[–] • 0 pt 2y

Don't even need that. Just don't update Signal app.

[–] • 0 pt 2y

Unlikely they would make such a business decisions without the intention of providing a backdoor in the first place, so would have to do that anyway.

[–] • 3 pts 2y

Signal does not have to exit India because of all the "work arounds" people can employ. They can do it in word, only, and someone magically leaks easy guides to get around it.

[–] • 1 pt 2y

This is the apple refuses FBI larp all over again lmao.

[–] • 0 pt 2y

The Curry Intelligence Agency has taken it too far this time.

[–] • 0 pt 2y

Funny how some countries think the "world wide" web needs to be altered for the people in a certain part of the world, but is ok for it to work as is in another part for other people. This just shows that every country has their own story and will do whatever they want to keep that story running to keep them in power.

[+] [deleted] • 2 pts 2y
[–] • -1 pt 2y

Fuck da Pajeets!