Post #2507561

2026-05-14 00:53 UTC

BREAKING: Signal, the #1 privacy protecting messaging app many of us rely on, is saying they will pull out of 🇨🇦 ENTIRELY if they're scoped into #BillC22 without large changes. This should be our final alarm bell: we can have digital privacy or we can have legislation this broad and broken, not both! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-signal-warns-it-would-pull-out-of-canada-if-made-to-comply-with-lawful/

Replies (12)

@Mannanan@mas.to 2026-05-14 01:32

@OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social As long as Signal requires a phone number to use, your privacy is already compromised.

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@yourgodsatan@mstdn.party 2026-05-14 04:29

@riotmuffin@ni.hil.ist @Mannanan@mas.to @OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social Signal's official support page still seems to say that a phone number is required to register an account https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007318691-Register-a-phone-number

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@yourgodsatan@mstdn.party 2026-05-14 23:39

@riotmuffin@ni.hil.ist @Mannanan@mas.to @OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social The page about installing and setting up signal links to that page on step 3 if you have any information about how to register without a phone number send me the link but I was unable to find it when I searched for it. https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360008216551-Installing-Signal

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@really_idk@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 01:48

@OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social will Signal also geofence access to apk?

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@MokhtarStork@zirk.us 2026-05-14 02:53

@OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social What the reason behind this move by the Canadian government?

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@Walruths@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 03:48

@OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social Obligatory XMPP mention, awaiting regulatory response.

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@patatas@social.patatas.ca 2026-05-14 04:19

@OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social kinda curious if @tailscale@hachyderm.io has also said anything about this - seems like it would be bad for their business but idk

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@David_Esposito@universeodon.com 2026-05-14 05:33

@OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social this will be a constant fight, because as the climate and resources get worse, they elites and humans see uncertainty and ambiguity as a threat to their status. so they will keep trying to do this.

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@neutronstar@infosec.exchange 2026-05-14 09:01

@kkarhan@c.im @OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social You really like hashtags don’t you? But yeah, we really need to escape these centralised lock-in platforms for decentralised options. I’m personally rooting for Matrix as my main alternative. SimpleX is also a good option in my opinion, as of today. They seem to allow decentralisation too, unlike Signal.

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@neutronstar@infosec.exchange 2026-05-14 10:06

@kkarhan@c.im @OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social @monocles@monocles.social @torproject@mastodon.social @guardianproject@social.librem.one Yeah, can’t really argue against using what is tried and true

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@neutronstar@infosec.exchange 2026-05-14 10:39

@kkarhan@c.im @OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social @monocles@monocles.social @torproject@mastodon.social @guardianproject@social.librem.one Yeah, it’s fair if people pay for the services they use, especially since it incentivises not selling people’s data or metadata. But I must add to this by saying that I think people should have the right to privacy, even if they’re financially constrained. And agreed, there is no project to date that’s more effective at providing a higher level of privacy than the tor network. There are also options like Meshtastic that might prove itself to be a valuable tool in due time. Especially for close quarter communication and those edge case scenarios. Best let these projects be separate however, I think so at least.

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@OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 17:31

For any new followers who received this post, please know there's a one click option for you to tell your MP to vote NO on #BillC22! https://www.openmedia.org/StopC22-mast #cdnpoli

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