Signal president says company will not comply with proposed U.K. ‘mass surveillance’ law requiring mandatory message scanning before encryption

The president of encrypted chat service Signal has stated that the company will not comply with proposed U.K. legislation requiring mandatory message scanning before encryption. Meredith Whittaker said during an onstage conversation at Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference that the government’s plan to require a special back door to access encrypted messages is “mathematically impossible” and vowed to exit the U.K. market if it becomes law. Signal’s unwavering mission, echoed by Whittaker herself, is to prioritize user privacy and security above all else.