Bill C-22 would force every messaging app in Canada to build a backdoor — and track all your activity for one year. Apple says no. Signal says they'll leave.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47296462

For now, your encrypted messages have a lock on them.

Only you, and the person you’re talking to, hold the key. Not the app. Not the company. Not the government. You probably don’t think about it. That’s the whole point — it just works.

Until, possibly, the end of this summer. Every messaging app in Canada would be required to build a second key.

With Bill C-22, the government would hold the copy. The lock you trust would no longer be a lock only you can open. It would be a lock the locksmith was ordered to duplicate.

Find and email your MP here to voice your opinion.

https://dontsurveil.me/c22/mp/

  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 days ago

    Simplex, Quiet, Keet, & Sessions are some different apps that I have come across.

    Also Nextcloud chat is something that you could self-host. Though if this bill does pass I guess hosting this would make you a criminal as soon as it does.