Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on Surveillance Capitalism, Text Privacy and AI
On with Kara Swisher
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Navigating Ethics and Privacy in Tech
This chapter chronicles an individual's departure from a major tech company due to ethical conflicts surrounding corporate strategies and surveillance practices. It highlights the evolution of Google’s corporate culture, contrasting its early ethos of 'don’t be evil' with later profit-driven decisions, ultimately leading to a pursuit of a healthier work environment at Signal. The discussion emphasizes the challenges of maintaining privacy and ethical standards in the tech industry, particularly within the context of surveillance capitalism and Signal’s commitment to user privacy as a nonprofit organization.
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