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AI Wants Your Life: Tech Boss Meredith Whittaker Says No | The Mishal Husain Show
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44:19Now PlayingMeredith Whittaker has spent years arguing that privacy is a prerequisite for a free society.
As the president of the nonprofit foundation behind the encrypted messaging app Signal, she now finds herself defending that principle in the face of mounting pressure from governments and tech companies alike.
In this conversation with Mishal Husain, Whittaker says she believes business models that rely on data collection, the rise of artificial intelligence assistants and even well-meaning efforts to protect children online risk undermining private communication.
She also explains why Signal would rather leave a market than weaken the product’s encryption.
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