Signal's CEO: We're leaving Sweden

New legislation that forces message collection

New Law

Sweden’s government is pushing through new legislation that forces Signal, WhatsApp, and all other messengers to SAVE all messages for the government to gather. [1]

Mullvad

Once again, I encourage you to check out our recent podcast on Mullvad, whose home is in Sweden, and this exact criticism was laid out (predicting this news story based on how the countries voted in past legislation). And that was the least of the criticisms. [2]

Encryption as Identity

Simplified Privacy has no bank accounts and no registration with any country for this exact reason. And that’s why encryption as identity tools, such as Nostr, Bastyon, Arweave, Session, and PGP-arbitration-registration, are our true home.