WhatsApp reiterated its commitment to secure communications, as it revealed its monthly active user numbers surpassed the 2 billion mark. The company highlights “many significant and special moments that take place over WhatsApp“ adding in a statement that it was “humbled and honoured to reach this milestone“.
But the Facebook-owned company emphasised protecting conversations on the platform, a key selling point from the off, was “more important than ever“. It reiterated its approach to use default end-to-end encryption in messages, a move which was met with mixed feelings by some government officials and thought to be among the reasons why co-founder Jan Koum stepped down as CEO in 2018.
WhatsApp described strong encryption as a “necessity in modern life“, emphasising messages on its platform are only kept on the user’s phone. “Privacy and security is in our DNA, which is why we have end-to-end encryption,“ it added, explaining this means “messages, photos, videos, voice messages, documents, status updates and calls are secured from falling into the wrong hands“.
When the largest amusement park in Germany, Europa-Park, began constructing its new Croatia area, it found inspiration in Rimac hypercars and technology for its new rollercoaster – the Voltron Nevera Powered by Rimac.
Following the end of the public delisting acquisition offer for Telefónica Deutschland, Telefónica holds approximately 96.85% of the shares in its German subsidiary.
Infobip Shift Miami, the American version of the Croatian developer conference, this week brought together a diverse technology-sector audience on the shores of Florida.
