There have been rumors for years but as far as I know nobody has been able to substantiate the claim. The organization that eventually produced Signal, Open Whisper Networks, received some seed funding from the Broadcasting Board of Governors (today known as the US Agency for Global Media), from which has been spun some CIA fronts like Radio Free Asia. However, this is also true of Tor, and many other non-profit private communications projects during this time, and does not itself prove any technical subversion has taken place. The source code for both the server and client are open source, and have been subject to frequent scrutiny, including full independent audits and penetration testing. No backdoor has ever been shown to exist in the code itself. Beyond that, people mostly gesture towards Moxie Marlinspike’s radlib posturing and bad hair and invite people to Draw Their Own Conclusions.
It’s a high dysphoria week and I gotta vent about it.
crazy bitch posting
I’m so frustrated with all the ordinary activities and situations I have to avoid to keep myself safe. Can’t just fuckin dress for exercise and go to a gym without risking a whole situation. Can’t go for a swim. Feel like I can’t walk to the fuckin grocery without checking corners and identifying exits. It’s exhausting, but I can’t convince myself I’m wrong to be paranoid.