The company does keep a gigantic server network up and running, buys kilometers of bandwidth and has dozens of employees on its payroll. In 2025, all this will cost a whopping 50 million, according to the website . Who is going to pay for this?

Signal is hoping for donations

Hope is a good thing. But the question is: are we willing to pay phone number library for an independent and privacy-friendly messaging service? How much? As much as for our bank account or credit card? Or as for Netflix? Just as a monthly subscription? I can hope so in the end.

Or, we could just do it with good old SMS. We already pay for that via our  hone subscription. To what extent our providers are haggling with our data is unclear, but switching from WhatsApp to SMS together could also be a satisfying form of Big Tech resistance.

Ultimately, I hope that all of the Netherlands will switch to Signal. with the data he no longer receives from us. If you switch or are already on Signal, I hope you know where to find the donation button every now and then. And I sincerely hope that when we’ve all book your list switched over, Signal will simply introduce a subscription model and our small acts of resistance will grow into a sustainable story.Diversity: KPN goes for online security and verifies Pride

Alfred Verhoeven

from BRIGHT Marketing Solutions / Marketing the Rainbow
Diversity: KPN goes for online security and verifies Pride
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Lately, more and more (American) companies are rolling back their DE&I policies, inspired – or in many cases intimidated – by their Great Leader. We also see a decline in relevant Marcom expressions*. In the Netherlands, fortunately, it is not that bad, and we just do our Dutch thing. Plus. KPN is a good example.