Best defense would be for app stores to ban messaging apps without real e2e encryption.https://twitter.com/zooko/status/907681537025626113 …
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Because Turkey passing a law that says you can only import chinese phones, not american phones, is out of the question.
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By "ban" I meant app store policy not law. If the only way a govt can easily block access to e2e is outlawing all reputable phone brands...
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...then you've vastly expanded the population affected by the oppression and thus made it a lot more unpopular (& economically costly too).
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The US is an increasingly tiny part of the world. The Dorito's accelerated this, but it dates back to dubyah.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpT4cx0QuAE …
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I don't really see what "the US" has to do with this aside from being Apple & Google's hq. My proposal was for app stores in general.
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Apple has crappified versions of the app store for some markets (esp China) but has the economic/luxury-image clout to refuse if they wanted
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