Bill C-22 would force every messaging app in Canada to build a backdoor — and track all your activity for one year. Apple says no. Signal says they'll leave.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47296462

For now, your encrypted messages have a lock on them.

Only you, and the person you’re talking to, hold the key. Not the app. Not the company. Not the government. You probably don’t think about it. That’s the whole point — it just works.

Until, possibly, the end of this summer. Every messaging app in Canada would be required to build a second key.

With Bill C-22, the government would hold the copy. The lock you trust would no longer be a lock only you can open. It would be a lock the locksmith was ordered to duplicate.

Find and email your MP here to voice your opinion.

https://dontsurveil.me/c22/mp/

  • freedickpics@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    With Bill C-22, the government would hold the copy. The lock you trust would no longer be a lock only you can open. It would be a lock the locksmith was ordered to duplicate.

    I don’t think this analogy sells just how bad this is. Building a backdoor means fundamentally weakening the encryption. Instead of having an extra key it’s more like building a lock with a concealed button that lets you completely bypass it and open the door, and then just hoping nobody finds it besides the ‘right’ people (i.e cops and gov).

    • osanna@lemmy.vgEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Yeah but the bad guys wouldn’t ever dream of using a backdoor that’s meant for the “good” guys. Not at all. Never.