Data privacy, AI, nonprofits: What Signal President Meredith Whittaker said at SXSW 2025
Signal President Meredith Whittaker didn't hold back on the SXSW 2025 stage. Read the biggest takeaways from her Friday keynote.
Signal president warns the hyped agentic AI bots threaten user privacy
At SXSW, Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned about the 'profound' security risks to user privacy posed by agentic AI.
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Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy. Speaking on stage at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, the advocate for secure ...
Agentic AI has “profound” issues with security and privacy, Signal President says
Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out dangers of AI agents Increased work task usage means "you’re not doing any of ...
Signal threatens to leave France if encryption backdoor required
Just as it did with Sweden, Signal is refusing to stay in a territory that undermines its encryption strategy, arguing that a ...
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Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy. Speaking onstage at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, the advocate for secure ...
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The war on encryption is dangerous
Meredith Whittaker in the Financial Times] A great op-ed from Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal on the ludicrous demands by the British government for Apple to backdoor its encryption: "Imagine ...