Encryption and public safety concerns

The FBI has issued an urgent call to iPhone and Android users, urging them to reconsider using popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Signal.

We will not allow spooks to spy on users

The Signal Foundation, which maintains the nonprofit Signal messaging app, has confirmed that it will leave the UK due to the country's recently passed Online Safety Bill.

Too much post Brexit regulation

Big Tech is considering leaving the UK because they are being swamped with more regulation than they see in the EU.

If they are quick

WhatsApp users can finally edit their messages.

Claims it is about protecting children

Spain wants to ban encryption for hundreds of millions of people within the European Union and has strong support among EU member states for proposals to scanning private messages for illegal content.

Trends have changed and some companies have nothing 

While a federal grand jury subpoena is not something a company would make PR capital over, Signal has made much hay over a silly attempt to get data from its servers.

Secure communications without paper trails prevent historical preservation

In the four weeks since the current US presidential administration took over Washington D.C., White House staffers and a myriad of policy executives appear to be using specific end-to-end encryption apps on their mobile devices for leaking confidential information without leaving any evidence of paper trails.