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WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has taken over as the interim CEO of messaging app Signal. Here is what he told Moneycontrol about Signal's promise of privacy, keeping it independent and a not-for-profit platform
Acton co-founded WhatsApp in 2009 but walked out in 2017 following differences with Mark Zuckerberg over the use of customer data. A year later, Moxie Marlinspike and he started the non-profit Signal Foundation, which oversees the messaging app
"It's a new year, and I've decided it's a good time to replace myself as the CEO of Signal", he said. Marlinspike, who will remain on Signal's board, said he is scouting for candidates for the permanent CEO position.
People want to choose who owns their data instead of being told their only option is to comply, says Brian Acton, co-founder of the Signal Foundation, which runs the messaging platform. Signal, he said, has no ads, no trackers, no data. It is a non-profit whose motivation is to protect people and help maintain their privacy. And, he emphasises, it will never be acquired by a major tech company
Brian Acton, executive chairman of Signal Foundation, said that data protection and privacy were at the core of Signal’s philosophy.
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton left Facebook in September last year and joined a foundation.
Acton spent eight years with WhatsApp, which Facebook bought in 2014 for $19 billion in cash and stock.
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