Meredith Whittaker

They're so cute, Linus. I wish, I wish, like, it's, you know.

They're so cute, Linus. I wish, I wish, like, it's, you know.

They're so cute, Linus. I wish, I wish, like, it's, you know.

I'm sorry. Well, you're all missing my stories is all I'm saying, and they are pretty good.

I'm sorry. Well, you're all missing my stories is all I'm saying, and they are pretty good.

I'm sorry. Well, you're all missing my stories is all I'm saying, and they are pretty good.

Well, have you activated them to check? But we do let you deactivate them forever and never bother you about them, which is part of the way that I think we maintain our reputation for not being shitty is we try to literally not be shitty. Yeah, thanks. Right? And when we're designing... Signal, we're actually very, very careful not to be a social media platform.

Well, have you activated them to check? But we do let you deactivate them forever and never bother you about them, which is part of the way that I think we maintain our reputation for not being shitty is we try to literally not be shitty. Yeah, thanks. Right? And when we're designing... Signal, we're actually very, very careful not to be a social media platform.

Well, have you activated them to check? But we do let you deactivate them forever and never bother you about them, which is part of the way that I think we maintain our reputation for not being shitty is we try to literally not be shitty. Yeah, thanks. Right? And when we're designing... Signal, we're actually very, very careful not to be a social media platform.

We think about that in the design phase so everything we do can be as encrypted as possible so that we don't know anything about you or as close to zero about the people who use Signal as possible. And what we do know is we can say, yes, this phone number did sign up for a Signal account. We know when that phone number signed up for a Signal account. And we know last time they accessed it. Right.

We think about that in the design phase so everything we do can be as encrypted as possible so that we don't know anything about you or as close to zero about the people who use Signal as possible. And what we do know is we can say, yes, this phone number did sign up for a Signal account. We know when that phone number signed up for a Signal account. And we know last time they accessed it. Right.

We think about that in the design phase so everything we do can be as encrypted as possible so that we don't know anything about you or as close to zero about the people who use Signal as possible. And what we do know is we can say, yes, this phone number did sign up for a Signal account. We know when that phone number signed up for a Signal account. And we know last time they accessed it. Right.

But we would like to even not know that if it were possible. On the other hand, Telegram is a social media platform which retains huge amounts of data, has a duty under law to cooperate in turning over that data, and has search functions, has directories so you can find new things. So it's a very different beast. And I think, one, because Durov has been very

But we would like to even not know that if it were possible. On the other hand, Telegram is a social media platform which retains huge amounts of data, has a duty under law to cooperate in turning over that data, and has search functions, has directories so you can find new things. So it's a very different beast. And I think, one, because Durov has been very

But we would like to even not know that if it were possible. On the other hand, Telegram is a social media platform which retains huge amounts of data, has a duty under law to cooperate in turning over that data, and has search functions, has directories so you can find new things. So it's a very different beast. And I think, one, because Durov has been very

I'm trying for a diplomatic word, has made statements that are not supported by fact around Telegram being private and secure and kind of taken on this yeoman's defender of free speech and privacy position. People often think Telegram is private and secure because it has a DM's feature, right? But Signal is just private and secure. So the TLDR on that is...

I'm trying for a diplomatic word, has made statements that are not supported by fact around Telegram being private and secure and kind of taken on this yeoman's defender of free speech and privacy position. People often think Telegram is private and secure because it has a DM's feature, right? But Signal is just private and secure. So the TLDR on that is...

I'm trying for a diplomatic word, has made statements that are not supported by fact around Telegram being private and secure and kind of taken on this yeoman's defender of free speech and privacy position. People often think Telegram is private and secure because it has a DM's feature, right? But Signal is just private and secure. So the TLDR on that is...

There's really no danger for a signal here because we are very, very far away from Telegram. And we have set ourselves up so that one, such cooperation isn't required. And two, such cooperation is not possible because we literally like you could put a gun to my head. I don't have that data. Whereas Telegram has servers and servers and servers full of that data.

There's really no danger for a signal here because we are very, very far away from Telegram. And we have set ourselves up so that one, such cooperation isn't required. And two, such cooperation is not possible because we literally like you could put a gun to my head. I don't have that data. Whereas Telegram has servers and servers and servers full of that data.