{"id":14881,"date":"2024-06-18T13:38:12","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/encryption-is-deeply-threatening-to-power-meredith-whittaker-of-messaging-app-signal\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T13:38:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:38:12","slug":"encryption-is-deeply-threatening-to-power-meredith-whittaker-of-messaging-app-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/encryption-is-deeply-threatening-to-power-meredith-whittaker-of-messaging-app-signal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Encryption is deeply threatening to power\u2019: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The woman in charge of the secure communication channel remains implacably opposed to the \u2018disease\u2019 of surveillance \u2013 and concerned about the sharing of personal data<\/p>\n<p>Meredith Whittaker practises what she preaches. As the president of the Signal Foundation, she\u2019s a strident voice backing privacy for all. But she doesn\u2019t just spout \u00adhollow words.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, she burst into public view as one of the organisers of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2018\/nov\/01\/google-walkout-global-protests-employees-sexual-harassment-scandals\">Google walkouts<\/a>, mobilising 20,000 employees of the search giant in a twin protest over the company\u2019s support for state surveillance and failings over sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jun\/18\/encryption-is-deeply-threatening-to-power-meredith-whittaker-of-messaging-app-signal\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9977bd756059e124a43f1579b07be8b8a6fc5599\/0_1400_4724_2834\/master\/4724.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ac88b539f1b8ad1474e0b8764c2a379e\" title=\"\u2018Encryption is deeply threatening to power\u2019: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal\" \/>The woman in charge of the secure communication channel remains implacably opposed to the \u2018disease\u2019 of surveillance \u2013 and concerned about the sharing of personal data<br \/>\nMeredith Whittaker practises what she preaches. As the president of the Signal Foundation, she\u2019s a strident voice backing privacy for all. But she doesn\u2019t just spout \u00adhollow words.<br \/>\nIn 2018, she burst into public view as one of the organisers of the Google walkouts, mobilising 20,000 employees of the search giant in a twin protest over the company\u2019s support for state surveillance and failings over sexual misconduct. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The woman in charge of the secure communication channel remains implacably opposed to the \u2018disease\u2019 of surveillance \u2013 and concerned about the sharing of personal data Meredith Whittaker practises what she preaches. As the president of the Signal Foundation, she\u2019s a strident voice backing privacy for all. But she doesn\u2019t just spout \u00adhollow words. In &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/encryption-is-deeply-threatening-to-power-meredith-whittaker-of-messaging-app-signal\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Encryption is deeply threatening to power\u2019: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14881"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}