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submitted 2 days ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/canada/p/727265/signal-to-ottawa-we-ll-leave-canada-before-we-help-you-spy-on-users

Signal is drawing a hard line on the federal government’s proposed surveillance legislation: comply with Bill C-22 or leave the country. The secure messaging app says it would rather ditch the Canadian market than be forced to weaken the privacy protections it has built its reputation on. In an interview with The Globe and Mail

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[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 5 points 2 days ago

Or people could just install it from fdroid.

Oh wait, signal isn't FOSS so it isn't allowed on fdroid.

[-] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 2 days ago

Not the official repo...because they couldn't meet it's acceptance criteria. Which is a red flag

[-] Ash37970244@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Yep and Molly is even better :)

[-] ruplicant@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I think it used to, but unfortunely Molly is not on Fdroid's repo. You can download it from the app, but you'd need to add Molly's repo

[-] racoon@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

GrapheneOS frowns upon fdroid because of apk security reasons

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

And we frown upon grapheneOS because of numerous human concerns

[-] root@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I get it from FDroid via the Guardian repo. No issues.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

Security issues. guardian repo has no acceptances criteria. Closed source blobs? Allowed.

[-] ItJustDonn@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago
[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago

Molly is Foss, but it's not on fdroid for likely other sketchy reasons

[-] eodur@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago

Its on Accrescent though

[-] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

You can import the repo into F-Droid.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago

...and make yourself less secure, sure

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