Signal messaging app president Meredith Whittaker says there’s no compromising over chat privacy


Source: independent.ie independent.ie

Key Topics in this News Article:

News Snapshot:

Would you move to a ‘secure’ and ‘private’ messaging app such as Signal? Or do the benefits you hear associated with it clash with pragmatic questions over your friend groups and online communities mostly being on WhatsApp? It’s an evergreen question that resurfaces every time there’s a scandal over a data breach, an exposed government surveillance sweep or a change in privacy conditions from the big tech company whose service you use, when fears of your personal details being used for ads somewhere else online are resurrected. And each time this question bubbles up, Signal is one of the first...