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Signal, DuckDuckGo, and NordVPN threaten to exit Canada if metadata surveillance law passes (www.techspot.com)

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[+] krisevol@lemmus.org -31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

China. They will be the next super power and housing is cheap.

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[–] Saljid@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

Oh yeah, and so little spying and the privacy of their citizens is respected, I know

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

You're absolutely right, but if everyone goes authoritarian . . . they are likely to end up on top /s

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[+] krisevol@lemmus.org -12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Right. Like the license plate readers, and backdoor in every operating system, and phone tracking.... Wait we are talking about the US right?

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[–] Saljid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

No, the topic was Canada and moving to China for less surveillance and more privacy, my confused friend. The west is regressing to where China already is and then plus some.

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[–] krisevol@lemmus.org -1 points 2 months ago

If you mean Internet monitoring and social media policing... Wait are we talking about the UK?

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[–] premadekrill@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Maybe I'm missing the vibe here, but are you guys still talking about the subject of this post? If so, just a heads-up: all three apps mentioned in the title have been banned in China for well over a decade.

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