Tech icon Jack Dorsey has dedicated $1 million per yr to assist fund encrypted messaging app Sign.
Sign is a well-liked encrypted messaging app that competes with WhatsApp, iMessage, and Telegram, though it’s broadly thought of to be far safer than any of them. The app is developed by the Sign Know-how Basis, a nonprofit charity.
Writing in a weblog submit, Dorsey introduced his intentions:
To speed up open web and protocol work, I’m going to open a brand new class of #startsmall grants: “open web growth.” It’s going to begin with a spotlight of giving money and fairness grants to engineering groups engaged on social media and personal communication protocols, bitcoin, and a web-only cell OS. I’ll make some grants subsequent week, beginning with $1mm/yr to Sign. Please let me know different nice candidates for this cash.
Sign is used all over the world by journalists, activists, politicians, army models, enterprise leaders, and people. Donations and grants like Dorsey’s go a great distance towards serving to the muse proceed creating the app and sustaining the safety so many depend on.
