President of Signal, Chief Advisor to AI Now Institute
Meredith Whittaker
Loading...
Our statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.
signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...
We are very happy that today Apple issued a patch and a security advisory. This comes following 404 Media reporting that the FBI accessed Signal message notification content via iOS despite the app being deleted.
Notifications for deleted shouldn't remain in any OS notification database, and we've asked Apple to address this.
In the meantime, you can prevent any preview text from your Signal messages from appearing in your notifications.
Signal Settings > Notifications > Show “No Name or Content”
Deleted *messages* (🙏)
A response to recent reporting in Germany, in service of clarity and accountability:
First, it’s important to be precise when it comes to critical infrastructure like Signal. Signal was not “hacked” — in that our encryption, infrastructure, & the integrity of the app’s code was not compromised. 1/
