On November 16th, Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, published a detailed breakdown of the popular encrypted messaging app’s running costs for the very first time. The unprecedented disclosure’s motivation was simple - the platform is rapidly running out of money, and in dire need of donations to stay afloat. Unmentioned by Whittaker, this budget shortfall results in large part due to the US intelligence community, which lavishly financed Signal’s creation and maintenance over several years, severing its support for the app.
What is the source for the claim of US intelligence funding?
Not being sarcastic, did you read the article?
Yes I did. Did I miss it?
Yeah they actually have a few things cited via hyperlink, try in browser