Meredith Whittaker

We run almost 100% on Signal, including using Signal Desktop video for our weekly all-team calls.

“So ensuring [privacy] in a world where the authority to know us has been ceded to private actors who may or may not cooperate with one or another regime, who may choose to use that data to manipulate or to harm us or to exclude us from access to resources, is existentially important.”

I was confused recently by an article that claimed Moore's Law was driving tech innovation, seemingly turning something descriptive into something normative, but that makes more sense when you take hype into account (hyped growth = investment from people who believe the hype = R&D)...

Yikes and sorry about this. Not sure what's going on here, but please reach out to support@signal.org and they can ask some more info. A debug log might be helpful here.

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Thank you, that's a nice compliment

Das Individuum in der Maschine: Meredith Whittaker über die Rückgewinnung der Privatsphäre im Zeitalter der KI

Gemeinsam mit Publix und @algorithmwatch.org laden wir ein zum Gespräch mit @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, Präsidentin des Messengers Signal, über die Frage, wie wir Technologie wieder stärker an menschlichen Bedürfnissen ausrichten können – vor allem beim Schutz unserer Privatsphäre.
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Anyway just saying

This sounds like a bug. Could you reach out to support@signal.org and provide a bit more info on where you're seeing this error, and what OS you're using? Thanks!

Business Insider headline saying: "Sam Altman says your ChatGPT therapy session might not stay private in a lawsuit By Robert Scammell"

Wired headline that says "ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data A new agreement viewed by WIRED gives ICE direct access to a federal database containing sensitive medical data on tens of millions of Americans, with the goal of locating immigrants."

everyone should listen to @meredithmeredith.bsky.social more

techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/s...

What--and I say this with my chest--the hell are we doing here people

This, and it doesn't work.

Now, it is possible to address the harms of mass engagement-driven platforms. But doing so requires pushing back on the core biz models of the platforms, not tinkering on the edges w surveillant 'solutions' that increase surveillance w/o addressing the root cause.

thanks anne—and we're not done.

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<whispers> all words rhyme with themselves <my ghost fades into the smoke from whence it emerged>

Kinda clear why Reagan-era pearl clutchers didn't want the kids listening...

YouTube video by T Pain T-Pain - War Pigs (Official Visualizer)

In my opinion, this is the best version of War Pigs
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YouTube video by Generative Artificial Intelligence 🗣️ "Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns of "real danger" in agentic AI hype.🥇

This the context -> Meredith Whitaker at SXSW in the perfect summary of why agentic AI should be a top line concern: youtu.be/jY8cd2YMdI4?...

In a recent hands-on with the browser, TechCrunch found that when Perplexity requests access to a user’s Google Calendar, the browser asks for a broad swath of permissions to the user’s Google Account, including the ability to manage drafts and send emails, download your contacts, view and edit events on all of your calendars, and even the ability to take a copy of your company’s entire employee directory.

This is the exact agentic AI privacy disaster that Meredith Whitaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social described at SXSW:

A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to Debt Collectors Infostealer data can include passwords, email and billing addresses, and the embarrassing websites you use. Farnsworth Intelligence is selling to to divorce lawyers and other industries.

New from 404 Media: a startup is selling data hacked from peoples' computers to debt collectors, divorce lawyers, more. People already hacked, now being re-vicitmized by startup. I used the tool, found peoples' personal addresses.

“This is so gross and predatory.”

www.404media.co/a-startup-is...

Meredith Whittaker on Signal, surveillance and the future of AI - AboutSignal.com Signal president Meredith Whittaker in a conversation with Evelyn Austin of Bits of Freedom about Signal, privacy and AI. Hosted by Nuria Ribas Costa and De Dependance.

🎧New podcast: Signal president @meredithmeredith.bsky.social Whittaker in a conversation with Evelyn Austin of @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social about Signal, privacy and AI. Hosted by Nuria Ribas Costa and @dedependance.eu

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ainowinstitute.org/publications... this is a good example

Ahem.

Yeah, I've been on the beat for a minute as they say

Signal Chief Meredith Whittaker Sounds Alarm On Agentic A.I.’s Privacy Threat Signal Foundation President Meredith Whittaker warns that agentic A.I. could breach app-level security, threatening privacy for millions of users.

Yes, I did sound the alarm on agentic AI's privacy threat, and rightly so.

observer.com/2025/07/sign...

This--that Signal would rather exit a market than undermine the core security and privacy technology that protects the people who use Signal--always still holds. We don't change our principles based on jurisdiction, legislative attack, or time of day...

Not unreasonable at all! And while this isn't on the roadmap, I thank you for the reasonable suggestion :)

Cullen, don't stress, this is what's called a good joke.

Why I chose the title President