FreddySignal (@signalapp) has such an important mission. It’s also just a very pleasant and functional messaging app.
Xavier@freddy someone sent me this recently. I think it's worth a read.
https://kitklarenberg.substack.com/p/signal-facing-collapse-after-cia
Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding
On November 16th, Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, published a detailed breakdown of the popular encrypted messaging app’s running costs for the very first time. The unprecedented disclosure’s motivation was simple - the platform is rapidly running out of money, and in dire need of donations to stay afloat. Unmentioned by Whittaker, this budget shortfall results in large part from the US intelligence community, which lavishly financed Signal’s creation and maintenance over several years, severing its support for the app.
@xavez Wow. Did not know. How do we feel about this?
Kristof 
@iworx @freddy well, our government could pay signal the full cost of service and cancel the newspaper delivery subsidies, for example 😅
Honestly, I'm more worried about the funding going away than the origin story. The world's often a messy place like this and I kind of think that the enemy of my enemy is my friend? Repressive non-democratic non-liberal regimes are definitely my enemy so...