> Internet platform companies operating in China are required by law to control content on their platforms or face penalties
I recently learned that Signal[0] works in China, are they forced to do the same?
I recently learned that Signal[0] works in China, are they forced to do the same?
I realize this is a little off topic, but since I work on something which has a big China presence, I'm always running into their BS, and censorship is just one little piece of it. VPN connectivity to your non-China offices is also problematic, running TLS over the Chinese internet is also problematic, unless you use officially provided certs and keys, etc.
[1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Beijing,+China/@39.7616007... [2] https://map.baidu.com/@12957558.390456071,4804287.368277797,...
Regardless, it's difficult to work with. If you have a mapping license, you must also take serious precautions never to let the accurate map data leave China, or your Chinese employees are in deep trouble.
Furthermore, just because it works in China doesn't mean that it won't cause your encrypted traffic to get flagged. This is why the threat model for a sophisticated network adversary, like the Chinese government, is difficult to model against.
Obviously there's not a snowball's chance in hell that Open Whisper Systems would ever even consider complying with any demand from the PRC.
I just don't think PRC authorities really care about Signal. It's not popular, not available in the app stores available to the Chinese masses, and anyone using it is probably just going to tunnel out anyway. They tend to ban things that are competitive, and Signal just isn't. It's a niche app.