Q&A with Signal President Meredith Whittaker on the app's 10th anniversary, its EU focus, being a nonprofit, Pavel Durov's arrest, X, the US election, and more
On its 10th anniversary, Signal's president wants to remind you that the world's most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. Mastodon: @KathyReid@aus.social and @baldur@toot.cafe X: @a_greenberg , @jayapapaya , and @francesca_bria LinkedIn: Andy Greenberg and Margaret Smith, Ph.D. Forums: Hacker News , r/Futurology , and r/TrueReddit Mastodon: Kathy Reid / @KathyReid@aus.social : Great interview with @Mer__edith in @WIRED from @agreenberg talking @signalapp, #surveillance, #privacy and #sustainability — “Signal is a nonprofit because a for-profit structure leads to a scenario where one of my board members goes to Davos, talks to some guy, comes back excitedly telling me we need an AI strategy for profit. … Baldur Bjarnason / @baldur@toot.cafe : “Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It's Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong | WIRED” — https://www.wired.com/... > It's Microsoft and CrowdStrike taking down half of the critical infrastructure in the world, because CrowdStrike cut corners on QA for a fucking kernel update. … X: Andy Greenberg / @a_greenberg : For the 10th birthday of Signal, I did a Big Interview with its president @mer__edith. We ended up talking about how her focus for Signal goes beyond encryption or privacy, to creating an alternative to surveillance capitalism—or even capitalism, period. https://www.wired.com/... Jaya / @jayapapaya : There are different economic models for building tech - doesn't have to look like the systemic sleaze of surveillance capitalism. @signalapp proves it, @nymproject is working to prove it and many many more. Francesca Bria / @francesca_bria : We need truly independent digital technologies that protect rights, serve public needs and strenghten democracy. Moving beyond surveillance and monopoly power. Read @WIRED profile of @mer__edith @signalapp and the need for a new kind of tech ecosystem. https://www.wired.com/... LinkedIn: Andy Greenberg : For the 10th birthday of the encrypted communications app Signal, I sat down with its president Meredith Whittaker for WIRED's Big Interview series. … Margaret Smith, Ph.D. : Did you know Signal remains a non-profit? — I loved this article for its timely exposé on the secure comms app I use most frequently … Forums: Hacker News : Interview with Signal President Meredith Whittaker r/Futurology : Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong r/TrueReddit : Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong