The president of the encrypted messaging app says autonomous AI agents, device scanning and digital advertising are converging into a new architecture of surveillance.
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“Risks” is not the correct word here.
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: The Push for Online Safety Risks Mass Surveillance
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https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-meredith-whittaker-weekend-interview/
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mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Like it’s an accident.
WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 17 hours ago
I think it would be much more accurate to say that the authoritarian lust for mass surveillance disguises itself as a push for online safety.