Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

Signal president Meredith Whittaker describes the nonprofit messaging app as a deliberate counterpoint to surveillance-driven tech, and says it is now expanding toward a mass audience. The app is free, takes no investment, carries no advertising, and collects virtually no user information, according to the article. Whittaker says Signal is now critical infrastructure for militaries, dissidents, journalists and others, and that it needs to define its own story. Asked about a possible future move, she cited shifting political conditions and said jurisdictional flexibility is being considered, with the company focusing on the EU.