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Why Signal won’t compromise on encryption, with president Meredith Whittaker

The Vergecast

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The Chinese Government Has Effectively Blocked Signal

The Chinese government has effectively blocked signal. You don't have plans to go into China in some way, he says. "If encryption is broken, it is broken" There's no real point for us to exist as a nonprofit whose sole mission is to provide a safe, private, pleasant place for messaging and communication - that's signal.

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