> Signal isn't funded by the military Correct, it is not funded by "the military", but this is incorrect > any branch of the USG government Because Signal/Te

> Signal isn't funded by the military Correct, it is not funded by "the military", but this is incorrect > any branch of the USG government Because Signal/TextSecure received considerable amounts of seed capital from Radio Free Asia which is a CIA spinoff with the explicit aim to fund the development of the cryptography at grass roots level, not per se to have full control of it like NSA would have done, but because having strong cryptography on such platforms (Telegram might be other) is highly effective against perceived US enemies like well... Iran, or Syria, and to allow their assets/agents to communicate more easily while abroad without bulky extra proprietary phones or software All of that above is mentioned at length on Surveillance Valley btw