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Cade Metz
Forget Apple vs. the FBI
WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People
Wired, 2016
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The popular messaging service WhatsApp has just given near-absolute privacy to a billion people worldwide.
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WhatsApp – the Facebook-owned messaging service – has given “near-absolute privacy” to a billion people worldwide. Wired senior staff writer, Cade Matz, introduces readers to WhatsApp’s reclusive founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton, succinctly unpacks how and why the company made the decision to add encryption to its service, and persuasively analyzes the significance of this move: for users, for governments and for ongoing debates about the meaning and protection of “private speech.” getAbstract recommends this article to digital trend-watchers and those concerned about their privacy.
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About the Author
Cade Metz is a Wired senior staff writer. He covers Google, Facebook, artificial intelligence, bitcoin, data centers, computer chips, programming languages, and other tech-related trends.
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