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Privacy

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Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (signal.org)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by c0mmando@links.hackliberty.org to c/privacy@links.hackliberty.org
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Signal is a nonprofit, but we’re playing in a lane dominated by multi-billion-dollar corporations that have defined the norms and established the tech ecosystem, and whose business models directly contravene our privacy mission. So in order to provide a genuinely useful alternative, Signal spends tens of millions of dollars every year. We estimate that by 2025, Signal will require approximately $50 million dollars a year to operate—and this is very lean compared to other popular messaging apps that don’t respect your privacy.

  • Talent: $19 million dollars per year
  • Infrastructure: $14 million dollars per year
  • Storage: $1.3 million dollars per year.
  • Servers: $2.9 million dollars per year.
  • Registration Fees: $6 million dollars per year.
  • Total Bandwidth: $2.8 million dollars per year.
  • Additional Services: $700,000 dollars per year.
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[–] root@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

And all funded by donations and grants?

[–] soloActivist@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

PGP email FTW! Costs nothing. Also does not demand a phone number or attempt to drive you into Google Playstore.