Signal hires ‘Big Tech’ critic Meredith Whitaker
The full version of this article, along with thousands like it, can be found here: Signal hires ‘Big Tech’ critic Meredith Whitaker Encrypted messaging app Signal has announced that it has hired Meredith Whitaker, the former Google manager as the inaugural President of the non-profit entity. The move adds another notable name driving the app forwards. Whilst the likes of iMessage, WhatsApp and others operate in a market allegedly designed and built around data collection for their parent organisations Apple and Meta respectively, Signal which was founded back in 2014 by Twitter alumni Moxie Marlinspike, is run by a non-profit organization that does not seek to exploit personal data for financial benefit. Meridith Whitaker will help direct (1) the strategy; policies; and (3) communications in the organisation. Whitaker has stated that she plans to focus on maintaining the app, which aims to support itself with small donations from millions of active users. “It costs tens of milli...