Bringing encryption restrictions in through the back door [LWN.net]

Bringing encryption restrictions in through the back door

Posted Mar 18, 2020 22:32 UTC (Wed) by jmclnx (guest, #72456)
In reply to: Bringing encryption restrictions in through the back door by Rudd-O
Parent article: Bringing encryption restrictions in through the back door

I do not see things being "gone", Signal, tor and others can just move their headquarters to another country. If a 'first world' country wants to step up they could very well swallow/overtake silicon valley. This leaving the US a tech backwater.

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Bringing encryption restrictions in through the back door

Posted Mar 19, 2020 0:51 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (2 responses)

> I do not see things being "gone", Signal, tor and others can just move their headquarters to another country.
And then VISA will block them and the US will issue an arrest warrant for their founders.

Bringing encryption restrictions in through the back door

Posted Mar 19, 2020 16:12 UTC (Thu) by freemars (subscriber, #4235) [Link]

Maybe VISA will become less important.

Bringing encryption restrictions in through the back door

Posted Mar 21, 2020 19:24 UTC (Sat) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]

> the US will issue an arrest warrant for their founders.

Sure.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/24/21150918/european-comm...
> Signal becomes European Commission’s messaging app of choice in security clampdown. It’s the recommended app for public instant messaging

I heard Angela Merkel wasn't super happy when Snowden told her the NSA was spying on her.

Bringing encryption restrictions in through the back door

Posted Mar 19, 2020 1:35 UTC (Thu) by felixfix (subscriber, #242) [Link]

That's entirely realistic, all Silicon Valley companies uprooting everything. Plausible, possible, probable, realistic.