Meredith Whittaker has spent years arguing that privacy is a prerequisite for a free society.
As the president of the nonprofit foundation behind the encrypted messaging app Signal, she now finds herself defending that principle in the face of mounting pressure from governments and tech companies alike.
In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Whittaker says she believes business models that rely on data collection, the rise of artificial intelligence assistants and even well-meaning efforts to protect children online risk undermining private communication.
She also explains why Signal would rather leave a market than weaken the product’s encryption.
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00:00 Introduction from Mishal Husain
03:37 Working in big tech
05:08 A thorn in Google’s side
08:24 How Signal works
15:22 Hearing about Signalgate
17:31Does everyone have the right to privacy?
20:46 Keir Starmer’s “hasty” plan on tech legislation
25:16 “We would rather exit a market”
27:57 Sustaining Signal as a nonprofit
31:39 Using AI to choose Christmas presents
38:05 AI is not a “magical sky god”
40:47 “Be skeptical”
42:05 The tech guys are all called Mike
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