Posts with tag Jan Koum

WhatsApp completes introduction of end-to-end encryption

WhatsApp completes introduction of end-to-end encryption

It took messaging app WhatsApp around 18 months to complete its end-to-end encryption project. Encryption was first introduced in the app in 2014 for Android operating devices. However, it did not cover all messages back then. Now, the company has fully completed introduction of end-to-end encryption for all operating systems and platforms. “From now on…

WHATSAPP MISHANDLES USER DATA

WHATSAPP MISHANDLES USER DATA

NGO Electronic Frontiers Foundation has published the results of an annual study on the safety of user data, which absolutely must be closely analyzed and perused by the world’s leading IT firms. According to EFF experts, WhatsApp hasn’t done a stroke of work in this regard. Based on the results of the study Who Has…

Jan Koum

Koum Jan

US entrepreneur and software developer, U.S. dollar billionaire, WhatsApp cofounder

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MESSENGER PERSONAS. PART I

Behind every popular product there is a genius. Bill Gates was Microsoft’s prodigy, Steve Jobs did it for Apple, and Mark Zuckerber struck gold with Facebook. Billions of people are using products from these companies, while the names of the founders are buzz words. When it comes down to messengers the case is totally different….

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PAVEL’S PREDICTIONS

Immediately after the launch of Russian Telegram last year WhatsApp’s creator (Jan Koum) spoke about Pavel Durov in one of his interviews, describing him as a man only capable of copying really good products, referring to Facebook and WhatsApp. This was preceded by a loud statement from Pavel, when he claimed without a shadow of a…