Whenever services get blocked, users quickly adopt VPNs or other network obfuscation techniquesto route around the restrictions,” he wrote.Īlso, pressuring Apple or Google to remove apps from their respective app stores would fail because of how easy it is to switch regions. Historically, this strategy hasn’t worked very well.
“Although we can’t include a backdoor in Signal, the Australian government could attempt to block the service or restrict access to the app itself. The Australian government could follow Brazil's action and block the Signal service. The experience of WhatsApp in Braziloffers a preview of what could happen in Australia if Signal or WhatsApp didn’t include a requested backdoor. Since then WhatsApp has been periodically blocked in the country and Facebook was fined $33 million in April for allegedly failing to help.
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