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   On Wed, 19 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:   
      
   > D  writes:   
   >   
   > [...]   
   >   
   >> Note that signals backend is not open source. The backend software   
   >> might be, but we have no direct access to their implementation and   
   >> running of it.   
   >>   
   >> That said however, I trust them way more than FB, and I think they   
   >> have high ethical standards, so I would not worry about it.   
   >   
   > Can't Signal eventually be bought off?   
   >   
      
   Interesting question. They are a foundation so that does put some legal   
   limitations on such scenarios. However! So was/is Open AI and look what   
   happened there.   
      
   So I assume, since it is based in the US that the answer to your question   
   is a "yes". But I am not a lawyer. ;)   
      
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