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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern and Dan Milmo

‘Encryption is deeply threatening to power’: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal

Close-up photograph of Meredith Whittaker's face, taken outdoors with a streetscape in the background
Meredith Whittaker: ‘We will hold the line.’ Photograph: PR

Meredith Whittaker practises what she preaches. As the president of the Signal Foundation, she’s a strident voice backing privacy for all. But she doesn’t just spout ­hollow words.

In 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’s support for state surveillance and failings over sexual misconduct.

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