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Niels@signalapp I just took a subscription. Don’t really need it but I think more of it as a recurring donation.
Draken BlackKnight@signalapp
Already donating $5/month!
Already donating $5/month!
kitkat@signalapp you exist because Facebook bought WhatsApp and I don't want another walled garden
HXRDKINGIs Signal another walled garden, or are you referring to Meta’s construction of a walled garden?
@hxrdking @signalapp both are walled gardens
Burning Joint USAI'll support, when you allow accounts not tied to a phone number that can be used with the desktop app without a smart phone.
That sounds like a great option for privacy, but how would you ensure it doesn’t lead to abuse, such as spam?
By not advertising accounts. Like I have a matrix account and I don't get spammed... I have never been spammed on IRC or XMPP. If accounts aren't easily brute force able it already limits the ability for accounts to be spammed. I have been spammed more on signal the way it is than I have been on any of those others, because phone numbers are easily brute forceable.
མ་ནུས།@signalapp I'm a permanent donator, Signal deserve it!
Talya (she/her) 🏳️⚧️✡️@signalapp proud recurrent donor for over three years now 
Trev 
@signalapp already done
Semitones@signalapp Why should I donate when the CEO gets such a huge compensation already?
Aren't there discount CEOs available?
EDIT: idk what I was misremembering (maybe the 35.8 $M expenses/revenue) but this shows the c-suite compensation and it is less than I remembered.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/824506840
EDIT2: all the employees are getting $20 mil combined. Not sure how much of that is c suite.
Signal Technology Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download tax filings going back as far as 2001.
👊🇺🇸🔥@semitones @signalapp Brian Acton, the acting CEO, has no salary. The president is Meredith Whittaker. Her salary is about $800k.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/824506840
And her salary doesn't even crack the top 10 charity executive salaries in the world.
Here is the top 10:
1. Selwyn Vickers, M.D., President/CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, $5,787,159, Fiscal Year Ending 12/31/2023
2. Kathryn Martin, Past COO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, $4,762,491, Fiscal Year Ending 12/31/2023
Signal Technology Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download tax filings going back as far as 2001.
@Avitus @signalapp Hmm those are not the numbers I saw before, which were in the millions. I'll have to check my sources / correct my memory.
EDIT: idk what I was seeing before (maybe the 35.8 $M expenses/income) but this shows the c-suite compensation and it is less than I remembered.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/824506840
Signal Technology Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download tax filings going back as far as 2001.
@semitones @signalapp If your source wasn't their IRS Form-990, it's incorrect.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/824506840
Signal Technology Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download tax filings going back as far as 2001.
@semitones @signalapp You might be thinking about the blog post that said $20M across *all* employees at Signal, inclusive of salary, health insurance costs etc.
@Avitus @signalapp Yeah that's probably the one!!! Pretty amazing when you look at it that way.
@semitones @signalapp 3. Robert W. Stone, President/CEO, City of Hope & Affiliates, $4,559,374, Fiscal Year Ending 09/30/2023
4. Nancy Brown, CEO, American Heart Association, $4,388,845, Fiscal Year Ending 06/30/2024
5. Jason Klein, Senior VP/Chief Investment Officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, $3,581,445, Fiscal Year Ending 12/31/2023
@semitones @signalapp 6. Harlan Levine, M.D., President, Health Innovation & Policy, City of Hope & Affiliates, $2,915,943, Fiscal Year Ending 09/30/2023
7. Michael S. Salem, M.D., President/CEO, National Jewish Health, $2,610,232, Fiscal Year Ending 06/30/2024
@semitones @signalapp 8. Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D., President/CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, $2,339,457, Fiscal Year Ending 09/30/2023
9. Jack Mahler, M.D., Chief Investment Officer, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, $2,126,373, Fiscal Year Ending 12/31/2023
10. Debra Fields, EVP & Chief Transformation Officer, City of Hope & Affiliates, $2,117,612, Fiscal Year Ending 09/30/2023
Derick Rethans@signalapp I finally managed to convince my bank (by using a different card) to allow a monthly donation through the app.
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Heidi 🇳🇱🇪🇺@signalapp I do. Monthly. With pleasure.
Diabolic Preacher ♒@signalapp we don't depend on signal. Signal depends on our donations. People depend on WhatsApp because they are sure to find anyone and everyone there. (And so can authorities). Next most popular one but far less than WA is Telegram. These are not my choices. I don't donate for them. Signal is for those similar minded people whom I'll never meet nor share my daily stories with. Signal is like that secret app for the one special person whom you beg to install so you could serve them like a simp
iHansz 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇬🇱@signalapp done! 👍
Astro@signalapp I already pay my own #XMPP server.
thrillfall@signalapp 5€/month for over a year now.
I remember doing my first e2e encrypted voicecall with #redphone years ago.
I remember doing my first e2e encrypted voicecall with #redphone years ago.
caravantravellers 🌈I just tried. Entered my credit card details. Then, a row of several annoying captures popped up.
GAVE UP!
Derek@signalapp can you please add more protection against "Careless Whisper: Exploiting Silent Delivery Receipts to Monitor Users on Mobile Instant Messengers" https://youtu.be/HHEQVXNCrW8
Hacking '😂' to Track ANY WhatsApp or Signal User
René@signalapp donated a few days ago to #signal
Daniel S. Reichenbach@signalapp I do, monthly!
Ruud@signalapp Yes, I did! 🙂
Did you think about donating to the Mastodon server you're using? 
We're also a non-profit.
Cambionn@signalapp been doing it for ages now. Nothing is free, so I donate to all software and services I regularly use.
More people should do so. Big Tech made "free" services way too normalised. People want privacy, but hardly realise that those "free" services are paid too...