O big Facebook data leak even exposed personal information from Mark Zuckerberg. With that, a digital security researcher discovered that the company’s CEO himself is using the Signal – main competitor of the WhatsApp.
According to expert Dave Walker, Zuckerberg uses the messenger rival with the intention of “protecting privacy with an application that uses cryptography from side to side”. On Twitter, he posted an image of the executive’s profile on Signal.
In another turn of events, Mark Zuckerberg also respects his own privacy, by using a chat app that has end-to-end encryption and isn’t owned by @facebook
This is the number associated with his account from the recent facebook leak. https://t.co/AXbXrF4ZxE
— Dave Walker (@Daviey) April 4, 2021
The news comes at an extremely complicated time for WhatsApp. Messenger will block users if they do not accept the new privacy policy after May 15, 2021.
Due to the old history of data leaks from the Facebook, several users were already suspicious of the platform’s security level. As a result, several people started to migrate to Signal competitors and Telegram.
Even with WhatsApp clarifying that the certain terms apply only to business accounts, this did not prevent several people from leaving the messenger. However, more users can leave the app after the recent leak.
With end-to-end encryption, Signal became the main replacement for WhatsApp.Source: The Times / Reproduction
The big Facebook leak
Not last Saturday (3), a leak exposed data from 533 million Facebook users. Information such as full name, phone number, location and e-mail were posted for free on a hacker forum.
The spokesperson for social network reported that the data is old and that it had been analyzed by the press in 2019. However, tests by security analysts have proved that the information is legitimate and can be used in future attacks.
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