We are excited to announce a significant advancement in the security of the Signal Protocol: the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s resilience against future quantum computing threats while maintaining our existing security guar...
It’s actually way simpler than that. It was funded by the CIA for a long time because it was used to support insurgencies that the CIA was into. They pulled that a while back because Americans were getting into it, hence all the calls for donations in the past several years.
Too bad I forgot where I heard this. May not be true, idk, who knows these days. But it makes sense.
Are you thinking of Tor?
Yeah there was some Radio Free Asia money connection with the open whisper system that now is Signal.