Meredith Whittaker, the president of Signal, has taken to X to defend the app amid the leaked chat controversy.
Whittaker described the app as the “gold standard in private comms.”
“Signal is the gold standard in private comms. We’re open source, nonprofit, and we develop and apply e2ee and privacy preserving tech across our system to protect metadata and message contents,” Whittaker explained. “Check out <signal dot org slash bigbrother> to see just how little data we are able to provide in response to the subpoenas we’re not able to resist.”
I wouldn’t say that Will and I are battling but I do disagree. Because there are big differences between Signal and WhatsApp.
Signal is the gold standard in private comms. We’re open source, nonprofit, and we develop and apply e2ee and privacy preserving tech across our system… https://t.co/ZU60z2vVHy
— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) March 25, 2025
Whittaker’s post continued, “Now, WhatsApp licenses Signal’s cryptography to protect message contents for consumer WhatsApp. Not on WhatsApp for business. Neither consumer nor business WhatsApp protects intimate metadata—like contact list, who’s messaging whom, when, profile photo, etc. And, when compelled, like all companies that collect the data to begin with, they turn this important, revealing data over.”
“Don’t misunderstand—we love that WhatsApp uses our tech to raise the privacy bar of their app. Part of Signal’s mission is to set, and encourage the tech ecosystem to meet, this high privacy bar,” she added. “But these are key differences when it comes to meaningful privacy and the public deserves to understand them, given the stakes. Not have them clouded in marketing.”
The post comes as the liberal media attempts to paint the app as a risk after Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was added to a group chat on the messaging app by national security adviser Mike Waltz.
The Hill reports, “Signal offers end-to-end-encryption, meaning information about users’ private conversations is not shared with the technology company. But cybersecurity experts warned the third-party system could still present risks and does not account for lapses in device or network security.”
Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications.
One piece of misinfo we need to address is the…
— Signal (@signalapp) March 25, 2025
Signal has also defended itself against claims that it may not be secure.
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