Lets be real, NordVPN has done so many shady things themselve (fake limited time discount on their website which is illegal in many regions of the world), no one who knows about these and cares about data protection and privacy would use it anyway.
But nice that they add some pressure ig.
Place your bets everyone, which way do you think this will go?
Canada doesn't pass the surveillance law
The law passes and some/all of Signal/DDG/NordVPN remain anyway
The law passes and they exit Canada
(something else)
I'm thinking the law passes but the courts kill it due to it violating our Charter. I also feel that the tech companies will not wait for the court case to conclude before leaving Canada.
#2 DDG might not leave, Signal might do something maliciously compliant, and NordVPN will just leave.
XMPP, TOR, and a few 20 4get instances will still be there. All good.
What do they have over Canada? why should they care?
If Signal were to make a backdoor for the government, that would compromise the security of all users world-wide.
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