Encrypted Chat App ‘Session’ Leaves Australia After Visit From Police
Encrypted Chat App ‘Session’ Leaves Australia After Visit From Police
After federal police came to an employee’s house to ask questions, encrypted messaging company Session has decided to leave Australia and switch to a foundation model based in Switzerland.
After federal police came to an employee’s house to ask questions, encrypted messaging company Session has decided to leave Australia and switch to a foundation model based in Switzerland.
And people keep saying that the country of jurisdiction doesn't matter.
I've never seen a single human being in the privacy community say this.
In fairness, no one who understands how Laws actually work says that. Problem is that most people just do not care.
I got people saying I was silly paying a bit more for when I wanted to use some VPS boxes located in not 14 eyes countries.
That's so dumb. The community has practically begged them to change their jurisdiction over concerns something like this could happen for many many months. Unfortunately the guys over at OPTF (now STF) never listened. I hope that's a mistake they won't repeat again.