Signal, the ‘encrypted messenger of the future,’ has shady links to US national security interests
The fact that Signals backend runs on AWS is also worth noting, given Amazon's billions of dollars in funding from CIA & NSA, & given the fact that Amazon has a former NSA director on its Board
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/513732-signal-messenger-us-national-security/
Signal, the ‘encrypted messenger of the future,’ has shady links to US national security interests — RT Opinion
If the sudden popularity of the encrypted messenger Signal has seemed suspicious to you, you may be onto something – the app is at least partially funded through American foreign influence cutouts.
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/513732-signal-messenger-us-national-security/