I agree, the fed connections aren't a great sign... it reminds me of when Condy Rice joined the Dropbox board.
But to be fair that's the person in charge of policy, so it's the kind of profile you'd expect. (Of course, you're free to argue that a messaging application has no good reason to hire for such a position in the first place.)
> I agree, the fed connections aren't a great sign... it reminds me of when Condy Rice joined the Dropbox board.
Let's be fair: there's a big difference between "this person has worked in or near the federal government" and "this person has literally committed war crimes".
If there are specific concerns about the people on Signal's board, I'd be interested in hearing it, but having Fed connections doesn't inherently mean a whole lot.
Let`s be truly fair: the USA "federal government" is historically and presently one of the biggest committers of war crimes in the world. If you work for it you work for evil. I am sure it keeps the kids in Montessori and enables travel to the last wildernesses on earth, but that doesn`t count for much for the millions of Vietnamese, Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan, East Timorese etc etc
This announcement shows clearly that Signal is at the end of its life and it is time to jump ship.
