Whittaker

‘Encryption is a serious threat to power’: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal

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Meredith Whittaker practices what she preaches. As chair of the Signal Foundation, she is a powerful voice advocating for privacy for all. But she doesn’t just spout empty words. In 2018, she entered the public eye as one of the organizers of the Google strikes, mobilizing 20,000 of the search giant’s employees in a dual … Read more

Signal President Meredith Whittaker criticizes EU efforts to tackle child abuse material

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Meredith Whittaker – president of the Signal Foundation, which runs the eponymous end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app – on Monday criticized the European Union’s latest proposals to require messaging services to check whether users shared child abuse material. Her complaint follows the publication of an internal document by the European Council – the EU body … Read more