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With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’

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The secure messaging app Signal is famous for knowing as little about its users as possible.

Its president, Meredith Whittaker , sees a massive shift underway and an “invitation for action” as the monoliths of big tech lose popularity and the old economics of Silicon Valley become brittle.

Signal costs around $50 million per year to run Signal .

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