Signal, the encrypted messaging app, appoints a president. – The New York Times

Technology|Signal, the encrypted messaging app, appoints a president.https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/06/technology/signal-the-encrypted-messaging-app-appoints-a-president.htmlSend any friend a storyAs a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share.This article is part of our Daily Business BriefingSignal has hired Meredith Whittaker, an artificial intelligence expert who worked at Google for more than a decade.Credit…Jeenah Moon for The New York TimesSept. 6, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ETSignal, the encrypted messaging app, has tapped Meredith Whittaker, a former adviser to the Federal Trade Commission chair and an artificial intelligence expert who protested Google’s use of the technology for military projects, as its president.In the newly created role, Ms. Whittaker will guide policy and strategy for the messaging app and work to expand Signal’s business.Signal, which is committed to its users’ privacy, does not know how many people use the app, although the number appears to be growing. The app has been downloaded more than 100 million times from the Google Play store, and it ranks 15th among social networking apps on Apple’s App Store.The switch from text messaging to secure apps like Signal is part of “a growing public awareness over the past half-decade of the harms and reality of the big tech…
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