Signal warns Canada exit may follow lawful access bill
The post Signal warns Canada exit may follow lawful access bill appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Signal has warned that it may leave Canada if the country’s proposed lawful access bill forces the company to weaken its privacy tools. Summary Signal says it may leave Canada rather than weaken its end-to-end encryption promises to users. Bill C-22 remains in committee as lawmakers review lawful access powers and metadata rules. Meta, Apple and Windscribe have also raised privacy and security concerns over the proposal publicly. The warning came from Udbhav Tiwari, Signal’s vice president of strategy and global affairs. Tiwari said Signal “would rather pull out of the country” than break the privacy promises made to users. He also warned that Bill C-22 “could potentially allow hackers” to target weaknesses built into electronic systems. Canada says the bill supports law enforcement Bill C-22, also called the Lawful Access Act, 2026, seeks to update Canada’s rules for digital data acce