… their messenger accordingly, knowing they have to, which is a smart move.
Telegram's legal strategy, from what I remember, seemed to be to just plainly ignore any government requests, the consequence of which might just have happened to Durov now.
So I think Signal has already a pretty smart response to legislatory forces.
Of course there could always be a more authoritarian environment, but that would require a very straightforward mask-off approach in legislation. …