Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike explains his vision for the app — and what he sees as the biggest threats to privacy

 By Business Insider - 2021-01-22

Description

Signal has seen an explosion in popularity as people seek out privacy-focused alternatives to big tech.

Summary

  • Signal cofounder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike couldn't have predicted the events of the past year — but they've nevertheless contributed to the app's massive growth in popularity.
  • Signal is a part of that tension where we're trying to demonstrate that it's possible to develop technology in a different way — all the way from the technology itself that is more centered around user's needs, to the organization that is producing that technology, which is a nonprofit and isn't beholden to anyone but the Signal community's interests.
  • To me that is crazy, and so what we're trying to do is just develop something that's normal.
  • I am not optimistic about government intervention to try and regulate the technology industry.

 

Topics

  1. Backend (0.33)
  2. Security (0.13)
  3. Management (0.11)

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