What doesn’t sell at the market is destined for the desert, where it sits, imperishable, as much of it is made from synthetic materials that do not biodegrade. Scavengers salvage what goods they can.

It’s this process that we want to discuss here, in the form of a few examples that give a sense of how we work to ensure that Signal is as useful as possible in diverse contexts, and to push back on regional norms that can often double as tech industry common sense.

I’m going to tell you about how I took a job building software to kill people.