Signal President Calls Out Agentic AI As Having 'Profound' Security and Privacy Issues

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By BeauHDMar 7, 2025, 8:25 pm226 ptsTop
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned at SXSW that agentic AI poses significant privacy and security risks, as these AI agents require extensive access to users' personal data, likely processing it unencrypted in the cloud. TechCrunch reports: "So we can just put our brain in a jar because the thing is…

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