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Signal president on future of Big Tech and protecting consumer data

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The Importance of the Public to Communicate Privately and Coordinate With One Another

The Iranian government recently blocked signal, which is used to communicate with protesters in the country. Signal asked its community to set up proxy servers so people could still access the app from Iran. Do you have any data on how many people were able to access the service from Iran? "We did see that that contributed to the ability of people in Iran to communicate privately and coordinate"

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