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The EU Throws a Hand Grenade on Software Liability
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
404 Media describes how the organization behind the Session Messenger encrypted messaging app is moving its operations to Switzerland after an employee received an unexpected house call from the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Based on this interaction and on Australian regulations that could require Session to collect phone numbers or email addresses for new users, the app’s owners decided to create a Swiss-based foundation to run its operations. Beyond the AFP’s interest in a specific user, 404 Mediareported that “anecdotally, 404 Media has sources linked to drug trafficking and cybercrime that have used Session.” At one level, moving privacy-centric apps to favorable jurisdictions is sensible, but at the same time it does not isolate people from state pressure.
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