Meredith Whittaker: „ People don’t choose where they are born„ We offer our services for free, but instead of monetizing surveillance data from the backend, we ask the people who rely on Signal to contribute with a small contribution. And we chose this organizational form, and a reliance on donations, as a way to avoid and reject the dominant surveillance business model. We are incorporated as a 501c3 nonprofit, and as such we submit to an annual audit and publish our financial status publicly. Meredith Whittaker: Signal is entirely financed by donations, including a generous loan from Brian Acton. : It has been repeatedly criticized that the financing of Signal is partially non-transparent. Information about our organizational structure and governance model is publicly available for anyone interested. Meredith Whittaker: There seems to be some confusion at the heart of this question: Signal doesn’t have shares, or investors. Who is actually behind it today? Who owns the shares? Or is that not public? : I assume our readers will be happy to take note of that. ![]() I believe Signal is existential for the future, and I will do everything I can to ensure it grows and thrives and delivers on its strong privacy promises to the people who rely on it. However, I can say that it motivates me to ensure that Signal continues to exist as a robust, user-friendly messenger – and one that exists outside the web of corporate and government surveillance. Moxie is very committed to privacy, but I can’t speak to his inner motivation. ![]() Over the years, many talented people have contributed to building and maintaining Signal. Meredith Whittaker: Signal was founded in 2014 by Moxie Marlinspike and grew out of his Open Whisper Systems project. ![]() Whittaker, how did Signal emerge? With what motivation did this happen, who was involved? Meredith Whittaker on the history of Signal
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