Meredith Whittaker

There has been just in civil society, there's been a cutting funding to privacy advocacy has happened, you know, since around 2000. You know, there's sort of a history here. I think kind of there's a move toward tech accountability happened out of the after the 2016 election. You know, there's the Cambridge Analytica scandal. There's all of this.

There has been just in civil society, there's been a cutting funding to privacy advocacy has happened, you know, since around 2000. You know, there's sort of a history here. I think kind of there's a move toward tech accountability happened out of the after the 2016 election. You know, there's the Cambridge Analytica scandal. There's all of this.

And it's like, OK, we're going to you know, we need to hold tech accountable. And then there are, you know, a number of the way to hold tech accountable is to. you know, attack the business model is my view, but there aren't that many pieces of legislation or proposals that actually do that.

And it's like, OK, we're going to you know, we need to hold tech accountable. And then there are, you know, a number of the way to hold tech accountable is to. you know, attack the business model is my view, but there aren't that many pieces of legislation or proposals that actually do that.

And it's like, OK, we're going to you know, we need to hold tech accountable. And then there are, you know, a number of the way to hold tech accountable is to. you know, attack the business model is my view, but there aren't that many pieces of legislation or proposals that actually do that.

Many of them sort of use the wrapping and the language of accountability, but are actually just expanding surveillance, right? It's like, we're going to hold them accountable. So we need a database. So we need to, you know, we need to know who's logging into websites so we can find the bad guy. We need to know what's in your

Many of them sort of use the wrapping and the language of accountability, but are actually just expanding surveillance, right? It's like, we're going to hold them accountable. So we need a database. So we need to, you know, we need to know who's logging into websites so we can find the bad guy. We need to know what's in your

Many of them sort of use the wrapping and the language of accountability, but are actually just expanding surveillance, right? It's like, we're going to hold them accountable. So we need a database. So we need to, you know, we need to know who's logging into websites so we can find the bad guy. We need to know what's in your

You know, you're messaging so that we can make sure that these tech companies aren't allowing crime on their platforms, etc., etc. So it was basically a hijacking of this, you know, in many cases, kind of righteous moment where people recognize that this business model was pretty harmful to fulfill the wishes that have been pervasive since well before then.

You know, you're messaging so that we can make sure that these tech companies aren't allowing crime on their platforms, etc., etc. So it was basically a hijacking of this, you know, in many cases, kind of righteous moment where people recognize that this business model was pretty harmful to fulfill the wishes that have been pervasive since well before then.

You know, you're messaging so that we can make sure that these tech companies aren't allowing crime on their platforms, etc., etc. So it was basically a hijacking of this, you know, in many cases, kind of righteous moment where people recognize that this business model was pretty harmful to fulfill the wishes that have been pervasive since well before then.

at the same time that we're seeing privacy advocacy and a lot of those, you know, a lot of the things Linus, you and I had been doing for a long time, receiving less and less support and sort of, you know, out of the limelight. And so I think it was in that environment that things like check controls, that things like the online safety bill and other,

at the same time that we're seeing privacy advocacy and a lot of those, you know, a lot of the things Linus, you and I had been doing for a long time, receiving less and less support and sort of, you know, out of the limelight. And so I think it was in that environment that things like check controls, that things like the online safety bill and other,

at the same time that we're seeing privacy advocacy and a lot of those, you know, a lot of the things Linus, you and I had been doing for a long time, receiving less and less support and sort of, you know, out of the limelight. And so I think it was in that environment that things like check controls, that things like the online safety bill and other,

paradigmatic examples of this client-side scanning to save children meme grew up. And then one of the reasons I was, there are many, many reasons I decided to move from being on the board of Signal to full-time at Signal. One of them was that I saw this And I was like, I realized there weren't that many people fighting it.

paradigmatic examples of this client-side scanning to save children meme grew up. And then one of the reasons I was, there are many, many reasons I decided to move from being on the board of Signal to full-time at Signal. One of them was that I saw this And I was like, I realized there weren't that many people fighting it.

paradigmatic examples of this client-side scanning to save children meme grew up. And then one of the reasons I was, there are many, many reasons I decided to move from being on the board of Signal to full-time at Signal. One of them was that I saw this And I was like, I realized there weren't that many people fighting it.

And that one of the things that I could bring was a staunch willingness to fight it.

And that one of the things that I could bring was a staunch willingness to fight it.

And that one of the things that I could bring was a staunch willingness to fight it.