Signal boss: ‘disturbing’ laws show the UK doesn’t understand tech | NYGazet

Meredith Whittaker, boss of WhatsApp rival Signal, says the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act could create a weakness that threatens users’ private data

Studying a book in a café window on a cobbled Parisian street, Meredith Whittaker, curly haired, tattooed and dressed all in black, has the air of a scholarly punk. When I ask what’s on her mind, the boss of Signal, WhatsApp’s privacy-obsessed messag... [11466 chars]