WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton will temporarily take over the management of the competing chat service Signal – until a new boss is permanently appointed. Signal founder Moxie Marlinspike announced on Monday (January 10, 2022) that he would be leaving the top job within a month. He wants to bring someone in “with fresh energy” and will concentrate on the search for a successor. Signal has around 40 million active users per month. The app uses so-called end-to-end encryption, in which chat content is only available in clear text for the people involved.
Brian Acton: Away from WhatsApp, towards Signal
That’s what Moxie Marlinspike says
Signal: Problems with US authorities?
Signal recently switched to a controversial project with the plan to make untraceable digital payments available to users. According to US media reports, some Signal employees fear that this could cause major problems for the chat service, including with US regulatory authorities. (With material from the dpa.)
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