Meredith Whittaker practices what she preaches. As the president of the Signal Foundation, she’s a strident voice backing privacy for all. But she doesn’t just spout hollow words.
In 2018, she burst into public view as one of the organizers of the Google walkouts, mobilizing 20,000 employees of the search giant in a twin protest over the company’s support for state surveillance and failings over sexual misconduct.
Even now, after half a decade in the public eye, with congressional testimonies, university professorships, and federal agency advisory roles under her belt, Whittaker is still firmly privacy-conscious.
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