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Moxie Marlinspike is leaving Signal

Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of the popular encrypted communications app Signal, announced today in a blog post that he is stepping down in a move that he says has been in the works for several mont

MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency advised early on by Signal’s Moxie Marlinspike, has raised venture funding

MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency that has received technical guidance from Moxie Marlinspike, the creator of private messaging app Signal, has raised $11.35 million in fresh venture funding across two rou

Decrypted: DEA spying on protesters, DDoS attacks, Signal downloads spike

This week saw protests spread across the world sparked by the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis last month. The U.S. hasn’t seen prote

These free tools blur protesters’ faces and remove photo metadata

Millions have taken to the streets across the world to protest the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis last month. Protesters have faced both u

Signal’s Moxie Marlinspike calls out Pavel Durov’s ‘Trump logic’

Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017, Signal's at times elusive privacy revolutionary Moxie Marlinspike spoke modestly about how his secure text message app is taking over the world. Marlinspike dire

Signal app-maker rebuts criticism of dev direction by calling for more community help

Moxie Marlinspike, founder of Open Whisper Systems (OWS), the not-for-profit software group behind the respected Signal Protocol crypto (and the eponymous Signal secure messaging app) has responded to

Tor Wars: The Signal Awakens

The long arm of the law wants ever more eyes, if you'll pardon the gruesome metaphor. The UK government recently unveiled an attempt to legalize "draconian state surveillance powers." US voices keep c

Talk Private To Me: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Voice Calls With Signal For iPhone

Rejoice, O lovers of privacy! For <a target="_blank" href="https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal/">Open WhisperSystems</a> has released <a target="_blank" href="http://itunes.apple.com/app/id87413966