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2018-03-21
The Verge 33 related

Brian Acton, who cofounded WhatsApp, which was acquired by Facebook for $16B, tweeted “It is time. #deletefacebook”

Facebook bought his app for $16 billion  —  In 2014, Facebook bought WhatsApp for $16 billion, making its co-founders — Jan Koum and Brian Acton — very wealthy men.

2018-02-22
Wired 14 related

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton invests $50M in newly-formed Signal Foundation, a non-profit that will maintain Signal app, and joins as its executive chairman

IN THE FOUR or so years since it launched, end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal has become the security community's gold standard …

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