A Canadian proposal tests the limits of private messaging
Canada’s proposed C-22 rules have drawn warnings from Signal and Psiphon. The companies say new powers to access systems and retain data records could drive them out of the market. Nothing has been enacted. Privacy tools also depend on the networks and laws around them.
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What the source reports
WIRED reports opposition to proposed C-22 rules in Canada. The plan concerns access to systems and stored records of messages. Signal and Psiphon warn they may leave Canada. The rules are not law. Neither company has left based on this report. A private tool on your own device still uses outside networks. Laws about those networks can affect its promise of privacy. The final law and the companies’ response remain open.
Original source
- Title
- Encryption Is Getting Squeezed From All Sides
- Author
- Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman
- Publication
- WIRED
- Date
- Saturday, October 17, 2026