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[–] 109 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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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  • [–] 60 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Hoping they still continue operations here in spite of C22.

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  • [–] 102 points 3 weeks ago

    Good on signal

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  • [–] 35 points 3 weeks ago

    Well done Signal. Keep fighting for all of us.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 weeks ago

    Fuck the Canadian uniparty

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago*

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

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Same thing as PornHub “pulling out” of certain states - if geolocation matches, do not provide service

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    I don't think she would do this. Signal would just shutdown servers located in Canada. When Signal was blocked in Iran she encouraged people to setup proxies so Iranians could still have access, perhaps she would do the same for us Canadians. In any case we would just be in the same situation as people om Iran or China. https://signal.org/blog/run-a-proxy/

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago

    And nothing will happen to them for it.

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