Overview

• Signal president Meredith Whittaker told dpa the app would leave the European market rather than weaken its end-to-end encryption or add a backdoor.
• The draft regulation under debate for three years would require client-side checks that evaluate messages before they are encrypted.
• Whittaker argued such access cannot be limited to 'only the good guys' and said Signal will not compromise protections that safeguard users in dangerous situations.
• EU politics remain unsettled as Parliament has opposed the measure, a majority of member states in the Council have backed it, and Denmark’s presidency could push it forward with Germany’s stance seen as pivotal.
• Whittaker said Signal could explore community workarounds as it did when blocked in Russia and Iran, and she also urged operating-system makers to offer developer-level opt-outs from invasive AI agents.