Originally Posted by
TGarza
Whatsapp cofounder $$$ from Facebook is the backing for Signal. That’s why I was skeptical of Signal not collecting personal data.
There was a rather public falling out between Facebook and the WhatsApp co-founders because of Facebook’s intent to change WhatsApp direction and erode privacy protections for WhatsApp users.
I remain way more skeptical about Facebook’s concern for WhatsApp user privacy than I do about Signal.
Taking a lot of the opponent’s money and turning a decent chunk of it against the opponent is better than most of the alternatives.