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[–] 106 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

This woman has a spine of iron and more integrity than half the world's politicians put together:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Whittaker

We're fortunate to have her guiding policy for Signal. Clearly she's gathering people who see things the way she does:

In response to the amendments, Udbhav Tiwari, Signal’s vice president of strategy and global affairs, said that “creating a much weaker version of our product that collects all of this metadata, the choice for us, unfortunately, would be starkly clear: We will not make changes to our product.”

You should listen to her speak:

Meredith Whittaker: How big tech changed privacy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvHe2H9QVa4

Signal president on the future of free speech | Meredith Whittaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hUoq0QlhZI

KC: "Do you think that there might be a push on Signal? There might be pressure put on Signal to try and start collecting data at any point in time? Is that a danger that you could be potentially facing?"

MW: "Well, let me put it this way, not on my watch."

Signal’s President Says You Have Plenty to Hide | The Futurology Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYVeyhxLF7s

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  • [–] 23 points 13 hours ago

    Fuck the Canadian uniparty

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  • [–] 100 points 18 hours ago

    Good on signal

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  • [–] 33 points 16 hours ago

    Well done Signal. Keep fighting for all of us.

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  • [–] 57 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    Hoping they still continue operations here in spite of C22.

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  • [–] 8 points 13 hours ago*

    Thanks Meredith, at least someone defends privacy that can get headlines.

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  • [–] 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

    I don't understand what pulling out of Canada would mean?

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  • [–] 12 points 17 hours ago

    And nothing will happen to them for it.

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