#Signal Facing Collapse After #CIA Cuts Funding
"On November 16th [2023], Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, published a detailed breakdown of the popular encrypted messaging app’s running costs for the very first time. The unprecedented disclosure’s motivation was simple - the platform is rapidly running out of money, and in dire need of donations to stay afloat. Unmentioned by Whittaker, this budget shortfall results in large part from the US intelligence community, which lavishly financed Signal’s creation and maintenance over several years, severing its support for the app.
Never acknowledged in any serious way by the mainstream media, Signal’s origins as a US government asset are a matter of extensive public record, even if the scope and scale of the funding provided has until now been secret. The app, brainchild of shadowy tech guru ‘Moxie Marlinspike’ (real name Matthew Rosenfeld), was launched in 2013 by his now-defunct Open Whisper Systems (OWS). The company never published financial statements or disclosed the identities of its funders at any point during its operation."
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/signal-facing-collapse-after-cia
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"On November 16th [2023], Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, published a detailed breakdown of the popular encrypted messaging app’s running costs for the very first time. The unprecedented disclosure’s motivation was simple - the platform is rapidly running out of money, and in dire need of donations to stay afloat. Unmentioned by Whittaker, this budget shortfall results in large part from the US intelligence community, which lavishly financed Signal’s creation and maintenance over several years, severing its support for the app.
Never acknowledged in any serious way by the mainstream media, Signal’s origins as a US government asset are a matter of extensive public record, even if the scope and scale of the funding provided has until now been secret. The app, brainchild of shadowy tech guru ‘Moxie Marlinspike’ (real name Matthew Rosenfeld), was launched in 2013 by his now-defunct Open Whisper Systems (OWS). The company never published financial statements or disclosed the identities of its funders at any point during its operation."
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/signal-facing-collapse-after-cia
📱 ROBINMG
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Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding
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France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging | Reclaim The Net
#France’s parliamentary intelligence delegation has recommended breaking end-to-end #encryption used by platforms like WhatsApp, #Signal, and #Telegram, granting intelligence agents and magistrates “targeted access” to encrypted messages.
The delegation claims encryption hinders investigations, but experts argue such access would introduce security vulnerabilities that can be exploited beyond state use. While a previous Senate amendment seeking forced cooperation was rejected by the National Assembly, new legislative proposals are being explored. Some lawmakers, like Senator Olivier Cadic, advocate for protecting encryption rather than weakening it, warning against self-inflicted vulnerabilities.
#BigBrother
#France’s parliamentary intelligence delegation has recommended breaking end-to-end #encryption used by platforms like WhatsApp, #Signal, and #Telegram, granting intelligence agents and magistrates “targeted access” to encrypted messages.
The delegation claims encryption hinders investigations, but experts argue such access would introduce security vulnerabilities that can be exploited beyond state use. While a previous Senate amendment seeking forced cooperation was rejected by the National Assembly, new legislative proposals are being explored. Some lawmakers, like Senator Olivier Cadic, advocate for protecting encryption rather than weakening it, warning against self-inflicted vulnerabilities.
#BigBrother