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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Then do it. Don't even bark.
I feel like it's more about making a statement to encourage other resistors being pressured. Hopefully.
If that's the case, then it's working.
Otherwise, I hope Canadians grow spines.
This would be a loss for everyone (excepted the censors). I'd rather they manage to change the status quo.
how so?
How would signal "leave" Canada?