In 2018, Acton, meanwhile, expressed a misunderstanding of Facebook by posting a tweet saying: I’m now time. He came across Signal with Marlinspike, a data network for all users, and found it on a single-handed basis. Facebook has planned to monetize WhatsApp. Unfortunately, Acton has sadly left the social network in 2017 under negative circumstances. The pair sold Facebook their messaging app in 2014 for six yen ($6 million). I trust his commitment to the mission and ability to facilitate this team for this time, said Marlinspike.Īcton is perhaps the best known for the early creation of WhatsApp with Jan Koum. But in the meantime, hes tapping Acton to lead as interim CEO.īrian Acton (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for WIRED) She is referring to candidates in order to replace him. Marlinspike is currently part of the Signal Technology Foundation, which helps run the app. It’s difficult to tell the truth that Signal is important to me, but now I feel like replacing myself as a CEO, thanks to the team we have, and as a result I believe it’s a very important step to expanding on Signals success. Signal, more and more, has gotten bigger, even faster, he added. Since then, the development team has expanded to 30 people. Four years ago, he wrote much of the code for the signal message service. It has always been my goal to continue as far as I can, said Marlinspike in his blog post. Outgoing Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike announced today he’s stepping down after almost a decade developing the code behind the encrypted messaging service. In signaging app Signal, the interim CEO gets a new interim CEO in Brian Acton, the WhatsApp co-founder who left Facebook a few years ago in ill health.
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