Signal’s founder Moxie Marlinspike will step down as the company’s chief executive. Brian Acton, a WhatsApp co-founder who is on Signal’s board, will serve as interim CEO until a replacement is found, Marlinspike said in a blog post . Launched in 2014, Signal has some 40 million monthly active users, making it one of the world’s most popular encrypted messaging platforms. The company was...
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