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[SWE] Swedish government wants a back door in Signal
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this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2025
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The Swedish government can go suck a lemon.
I don’t think this will happen: Their department of defense has adopted Signal for internal communication, and there is no way in hell they would want a backdoor built in. In fact, the article says they have already opposed the suggestion.
The government is very split on many questions. Privacy being a weird one because it's the (somewhat) left-leaning Social Democratic that usually come up with these crazy ideas without understanding the implications of privacy.
See Chat Control 2022-2024 https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/chat-control-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-eu-plan-to-scan-all-your-whatsapp-chats