Ring looks promising, re GNU projects. I've personally reached the conclusion that software isn't enough for this, though: it is people who choose to flog your

Ring looks promising, re GNU projects. I've personally reached the conclusion that software isn't enough for this, though: it is people who choose to flog your data and it is money that buys it (think FB and WhatsApp). In my view a collectively owned version of something like Signal would offer protection from what is termed corporate surveillance by allowing people with skin in the game to directly influence decisions on things like privacy policies and development roadmaps. I've sketched this in a bit more detail here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12881917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12881917