floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoSignal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access billwww.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down11cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlworld@lemmy.worldcanada@lemmy.ca
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minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoI dont understand how they will pull out of canada… will the google play store have geo-restrictions on installing the apk? or will they just deactivate any account with a canadian phone number?
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoPulling out is super easy. Just don’t release a compromised version of the app. Done. If the app in its current form doesn’t comply with Canadian law, then the play store can’t legally distribute it. So, problem solved. So basically Signal can pull out of Canada by doing nothing different than they’re already doing. As for the users who already have the app installed, well that’s just too bad for the Canadian government isn’t it.
minus-squaremagnue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoProbably the same way Imgur dealt with the UK age verification. If you’re from the UK, you are basically IP blocked from Imgur.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoPossibly both. Signal will want to protect themselves legally.
minus-square🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoPlay store just checks what location you put in for Google account registration and shows the app or not. It’s the same for showing region locked movies.
I dont understand how they will pull out of canada… will the google play store have geo-restrictions on installing the apk?
or will they just deactivate any account with a canadian phone number?
Pulling out is super easy. Just don’t release a compromised version of the app. Done.
If the app in its current form doesn’t comply with Canadian law, then the play store can’t legally distribute it. So, problem solved.
So basically Signal can pull out of Canada by doing nothing different than they’re already doing.
As for the users who already have the app installed, well that’s just too bad for the Canadian government isn’t it.
Probably the same way Imgur dealt with the UK age verification. If you’re from the UK, you are basically IP blocked from Imgur.
Possibly both. Signal will want to protect themselves legally.
Play store just checks what location you put in for Google account registration and shows the app or not. It’s the same for showing region locked movies.