ICO Examiner, “Is the Blockchain Giving Anarchism a New Lease of Life?”
Some of us believe various forms of strong cryptography will cause the power of the state to decline, perhaps even collapse fairly abruptly. We believe the expansion into cyberspace, with secure communications, digital money, anonymity and pseudonymity, and other crypto-mediated interactions, will profoundly change the nature of economies and social interactions. Those words were written […]
The Verge, “Signal Boost: Demand for secret messaging apps is rising as Trump takes office”
As our interview wrapped up, Marlinspike hopped into the elevator to head out into the dark-too-early December afternoon at the corner of 16th and Mission. The street has hosted its share of both World Series victory riots and political marches. I’d read that Marlinspike used to attend political protests, and when I asked if he […]
BuzzFeed, “After Trump’s Win, Secure Messaging App Signal’s Downloads Increase 400%”
“There has never been a single event that has resulted in this kind of sustained, day-over-day increase,” Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of Open Whisper Systems, the software nonprofit behind Signal, told BuzzFeed News. Marlinspike interpreted the jump as a reaction to Trump’s win, and anxiety over the future of US surveillance. The secure communications tool […]