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Meredith Whittaker in 2018 at a demonstration by Google workers protesting the company’s handling of abuse allegations.
(Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP)
At Google, Meredith Whittaker saw how big tech companies work. At the helm of the messenger Signal, she now battles surveillance and the omnipotence of Meta. a conversation
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Simon Hurtz, Berlin
Visually, Meredith Whittaker continues a tradition. Her black locks are just as striking as Moxie Marlinspike’s dreadlocks. But not only the hairstyle of the new Signal President resembles the head of hair of the founder and longtime boss of the messenger. Just like Marlinspike, Whittaker is a harsh critic of the big tech companies and has been fighting surveillance for decades.
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