Amid nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, secure comms biz Signal has deployed a blur tool in its messaging and calling app to allow users to obscure faces in app-captured snapshots.
"At Signal, we support the people who have gone into the streets to make their voices heard," wrote co-founder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike, in a blog post. "We believe that something in America needs to change, and even if we don’t know exactly how, we support and trust in the people who are self-organizing around the country to figure it out."
Marlinspike said many of the groups pushing for change have been using Signal to communicate. The group, he said, is working to deal with the surge of traffic and is looking for ways to support those demanding change.
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