This allows identifying people of interest and building detailed graphs of their relationships.

Signal may seem like an innocuous messaging app on the surface, but it cold easily play a crucial role in government data collection efforts.

It was originally funded by CIA cutout Open Technology Fund, part of Radio Free Asia.

Its Chairwoman is Katherine Maher, who worked for NDI/NED: regime-change groups, and a member of Atlantic Council, WEF, US State Department Foreign Affairs Policy Board etc.