[Interview] Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong - eviltoast
Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong
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On its 10th anniversary, Signal’s president wants to remind you that the world’s most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It’s free. It doesn’t track you or serve you ads. It pays its engineers very well. And it’s a go-to app for hundreds of millions of people.

On its 10th anniversary, Signal’s president wants to remind you that the world’s most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It’s free. It doesn’t track you or serve you ads. It pays its engineers very well. And it’s a go-to app for hundreds of millions of people.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/0jIl2

  • zephorah@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    4 months ago

    Signal or WIRE are the gold standards.

    Facebook messenger records every word. Did a data request way back. More than a little creepy. Every word I ever typed was there. And yet that is what most people choose to use. Hauling your people over to a good text app, like Signal, takes a lot of effort and may not work at all in some cases.