Meredith Whittaker: Signal’s job is ‘to preserve private communications’

The Signal president tackles digital surveillance and privacy on the latest episode of the ‘Rapid Response’ podcast.

Our digital activity, including our most private interactions and conversation, is constantly monitored and tracked. For Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, this is a break from human communication throughout history, and is not needed or wanted. Recorded live at the 2024 Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco, Whittaker tackles digital surveillance, trust, and privacy, and what a Bic pen has to do with it all.