A deep dive into Signal, whose downloads surged in the US amid BLM protests, as it becomes an app of choice among protesters, dissidents, and journalists
Billy Perrigo / TIME : Tweets: @billyperrigo , @punkt , @time , @nebuer42 , @savukku , and @nnedv Tweets: Billy Perrigo / @billyperrigo : As protests surged around the world this year, downloads of Signal did too. Read my latest: a 4,000 word deep dive into the inside story of how @signalapp became the private messaging app for an age of fear and distrust https://time.com/... @punkt : How @signalapp became the private messaging app for an age of fear & distrust 'one important difference is that this business model doesn't rely on what the author @shoshanazuboff calls #SurveillanceCapitalism' https://time.com/... via @TIME #technology_tamed #security @time : As protests against systemic racism and police brutality intensified this year, downloads of Signal surged across the country. Downloads rose by 50% in the U.S. between March and August compared to the prior six months, according to data shared with TIME https://time.com/... Reuben Abraham / @nebuer42 : Good piece by @billyperrigo implicitly making the case for why the privacy conscious among us should move to Signal. To add, on wi-fi networks, it has the best call quality, bar none. https://time.com/... Savukku_Shankar / @savukku : Start using signal app guys. WhatsApp has become vulnerable. Cloud storage is the issue. Many of us may not be careful. https://twitter.com/... @nnedv : “Tools such as Signal can be helpful when used strategically, but when the design creates an immediate sharing of information without the informed consent of the user, that can raise risks.” - @ericannedv, NNEDV's Safety Net Director Read more via @time: https://time.com/...