Meredith Whittaker reaffirms that Signal would leave UK if forced by privacy bill | TechCrunch
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Meredith Whittaker, the president of the Signal Foundation, the organization that maintains the Signal messaging app, spoke about the U.K.'s controversial new privacy bill at TC Disrupt 2023.

Meredith Whittaker reaffirms that Signal would leave UK if forced by privacy bill::Meredith Whittaker, the president of the Signal Foundation, the organization that maintains the Signal messaging app, spoke about the U.K.'s controversial new privacy bill at TC Disrupt 2023.

  • HurlingDurling@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    My one wonder is, what would banks use to securely provide access to their customers online? What about online stores for local small, medium, and large businesses? Or is this going to knly target messaging and social networks?

    • darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      My one wonder is, what would banks use to securely provide access to their customers online?

      Considering that it would be illegal for banks to securely provide access to their customers online the answer is simple: they wouldn’t.

    • EnderMB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Given that the UK’s tech industry is strongly tied to Fintech, and without it utterly crumbles into becoming cheap support for the US, I hope there is some serious clapback from the likes of Monzo, Starling, and co.