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.
It’s an easy way for them to gain some reputation to monetize it later.
Place your bets everyone, which way do you think this will go?
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Canada doesn’t pass the surveillance law
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The law passes and some/all of Signal/DDG/NordVPN remain anyway
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The law passes and they exit Canada
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(something else)
#2 DDG might not leave, Signal might do something maliciously compliant, and NordVPN will just leave.
How could signal comply? It would ruin their brand.
Maliciously comply.
Maybe have the app available in Canada, but it only lets users email the government.
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.
Or
- the law passes with exceptions to specifically these 3 that threatened to leave
2 or 3
I guess signal has more to lose in reputation, than Canada brings them as country
For the other ones, I don’t know
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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.
Indeed. Although I suspect there already is a back door for the US government, just not one anyone knows about.
XMPP, TOR, and a few 20 4get instances will still be there. All good.
I can now quickly identify various birds, minecraft areas, and those weird anime plushy things no problem.
See? It even comes with a brain teaser to keep you sharp. SearXNG eat your heart out.
