On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 5:35 AM, carlo von lynX <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 05:35:04PM -0800, Yosem Companys wrote: >> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/wire-app-complete-end-to-end-encryption,31389.html > > Interesting that Germany is seen in such positive light. > Germany has a Patriot Act "light" legislation whereby if > the Wire app has more than 10000 users it can be obliged > by authorities to provide a 24/7 backdoor into their > systems. In this case compliance is easy if it can be > added to the binaries being distributed... > > Not sure if this is accurate, however.
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