The encrypted chat app Signal, which NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden once said he uses every day, just got a mighty $50 million in funding intended to boost the availability of “high-security and low-cost communications” for everyone.
That could be bad news for law enforcement and intelligence agencies around the globe, including the FBI, which claim that the rise of end-to-end encryption has made it more difficult than ever for analysts to help catch criminals.
Signal founder Moxie Marlinspike and WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton announced on Wednesday the creation of a new non-profit dubbed the Signal Foundation. The pair said the money will be used to make “private communication accessible and ubiquitous.”


Acton, who became a billionaire after selling WhatsApp to Facebook in 2014, is providing the funds and will become the organization’s executive chairman. He pledged to take an active role in operations and product development.
“Everyone deserves to be protected,” Acton wrote on a Signal's official blog. “We created the Signal Foundation in response to this global need. Our plan is to pioneer a new model of technology nonprofit focused on privacy and data protection for everyone, everywhere.”
Signal is one of many chat applications but received a valuable endorsement from Snowden in November 2015, who said he considered it the best option for users who want to protect communications from prying eyes.
datmalluguy Reviewed by datmalluguy on . EDWARD SNOWDEN’S FAVORITE CHAT APP SIGNAL JUST GOT $50M IN FUNDING The encrypted chat app Signal, which NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden once said he uses every day, just got a mighty $50 million in funding intended to boost the availability of “high-security and low-cost communications” for everyone. That could be bad news for law enforcement and intelligence agencies around the globe, including the FBI, which claim that the rise of end-to-end encryption has made it more difficult than ever for analysts to help catch criminals. Signal founder Moxie Rating: 5