533 million Facebook users were leaked recently. This leaked information included Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg‘s phone number, location, marriage details, date of birth and user ID. A security researcher named Dave Walker revealed that Mark Zuckerberg also used a WhatsApp competitor messaging platform called Signal.
According to the security researcher, Zuckerberg uses Signal to protect your privacy. “On another occasion, Mark Zuckerberg also respects his privacy by using a non-Facebook chat app that has end-to-end encryption. This is the number associated with his account in the last Facebook leak. ” says. He also posted himself on Zuckerberg’s Signal profile on Twitter. Of course, it is noteworthy that this news emerged at a time when WhatsApp was already exposed to too much heat.
In another turn of events, Mark Zuckerberg also respects his own privacy, by using a chat app that has end-to-end encryption and isn't owned by @facebook
This is the number associated with his account from the recent facebook leak. https://t.co/AXbXrF4ZxE
— Dave Walker (@Daviey) April 4, 2021
Meanwhile, WhatsApp will not allow users who do not agree to the new privacy policy to send messages after May 15. In fact, due to this new privacy policy, Signal, Telegram, etc. There was a serious digital migration to alternatives.
Facebook, which Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t even save himself in the data breach, of course, has been the subject of controversy over security and privacy. It’s also clear that even Zuckerberg uses Signal for his privacy.
Signal offers end-to-end encryption so no one else can read your chats. Even Elon Musk recommended Signal in his tweet, and the number of users of the platform suddenly increased.