During that period, the app also introduced a new feature wherein users could then blur faces to ensure heightened privacy to secure users from the federal’s increased monitoring. The messaging application was then popularised during the George Floyd protests, the reason being increased awareness regarding matters concerning the police monitoring individual data. This foundation aimed at making private messaging more accessible and ubiquitous to users, as stated in their announcement post. The formation of the Signal Technology Foundation was announced in early 2018, the founders being Moxie Marlinspike and the co-founder of WhatsApp, Brian Acton, in California, USA. The messaging service has been around since 2014. However, it became more widely used only after 2018.
0 kommentar(er)
