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I don't see this as a controversy. The Signal protocol is funded in the same way. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/whatsapp-is-now-most-widely-used-

• kakarot 9y ago
  Well, it was funded that way. https://signal.org/blog/signal-foundation/ https://signal.org/blog/signal-foundation/
• nabla9 9y ago
  It almost looks like governments have two conflicting interests. Keep things secure and break the security.
  • jerheinze 9y ago
    > It almost looks like governments have two conflicting interests. Keep things secure and break the security. That's because governments aren't a monolith, the projects and interests of the NSF or the OTF do not necessarily overlap with those of the NSA or CIA.
    • nabla9 9y ago
      Even a monolith like NSA has this same conflict.
      • acct1771 9y ago
        Publicly stated conflict. Seems they've made their decision on that long ago.