WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide Today by a Single Judge

Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by dmix on Monday May 02, 2016 @05:06PM (#11615609)

Brazil already arrested a Facebook executive and detained them for 24hrs this year over the fact they said there is nothing that can do regarding the information request.

I'm not sure what you're proposing Facebook to do here? Hand over useless encrypted data? Hold a cryptography seminar for Brazillian law enforcement to explain what end-to-end encryption means? Have more of their employees risk arrest?

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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by sbarre on Monday May 02, 2016 @05:45PM (#11615942)

Pull their app from the Brazilian app store and let democratic process take its course

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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by ptaipale on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @03:48AM (#11618697)

Better to make the app install but when starting, display a message that the local laws and judge's orders make it illegal to operate in Brazil.

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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by lerpa on Monday May 02, 2016 @11:04PM (#11617549)

They should say it like it is, and FB having a high visibility platform is a plus. Just put a banner there saying those guys are idiots in an authoritarian power trip, and fuck them. After that you'll probably be found dead or something. So YMMV

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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by ptaipale on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @02:47AM (#11618453)

Putting up banners with "fuck them" is not how companies work, and it is not a good communication strategy.

Some more subtle hints may work better, but generally, what Facebook says, "it can't be done" is the correct strategy.

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