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Poland directs officials to ditch Signal in favor of 'secure' state-developed alternative
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 18 May 2026
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Yeah because the Polish government cannot possibly create a secure messaging app of their own.
You know before cryptography was a software feature it was a crucial part of statecraft. IMO there is nothing wrong with states building their own secure communication software. It has more precedent than "download a US app"
that may or may not have an NSA backdoor
does.