Luckily software can be transmitted from anywhere in the world via a thing called "download", so the developer can be in another country that doesn't attempt to become a dystopian censorship state.
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2025
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Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
(www.techradar.com)
Doesn't it seem that countries are coordinating their surveillance laws these days? All of a sudden every government wants their citizens to submit ID when using the internet. All of a sudden every government decides that E2EE messaging is intolerable. All of a sudden every government decides something must be done about VPNs.
I used to read these stories and think "that sucks for people in the UK." But now I think it doesn't matter where each of these laws starts; every other country will do something similar soon.
@floofloof @gtr If you were a crazy paranoid conspiracy theorist like me then you'd probably think it's being coordinated by a global group of rich and powerful families :D