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N1b It's important to understand that your anonymity or privacy depends on what you do with your applications. Even open source software can't protect your privacy if you share your personal photos or reveal your identity. Indeed, a program's security comes first. And yes, the ad-supported funding model is the most invisible and viable for a developer, and don't forget that the information collected is anonymized. Most people here are in favor of a donation-based funding model, but who donates except the fervent defenders of free software? Of all the people who downloaded the signal following Elon Musk's tweet, how many made a donation? I don't know anyone who does that. Do you really think that only Google and other gafams are pumping out your data? But I die laughing when I read this kind of thing, the entire web is pumped by security agencies, even if you use tor or proton or whatever. But if you feel safe with free applications and think your privacy is protected, good for you, but you're wrong.