• Zak@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    No. WhatsApp came first, but later adopted Signal’s key exchange and encryption. WhatsApp was an independent company for years and had rejected several acquisition offers, but $19 billion is a big number.

    One of WhatsApp’s founders is now chairman of the Signal Foundation and a major financial backer of the project.