The encrypted messaging service Signal won't replace WhatsApp, Brian Acton, the executive chairman of the Signal Foundation and co-founder of WhatsApp, predicted. Downloads of Signal have skyrocketed since WhatsApp announced it would make users share some personal data with its parent company, Facebook."I have no desire to do all the things that WhatsApp does," Acton said, though he didn't specify which WhatsApp features he wouldn't replicate.
He said he expected people to rely on Signal to talk to family and close friends while continuing to talk to other people on WhatsApp.
"My desire is to give people a choice," Acton told the publication, adding that "it's not strictly a winner-take-all scenario."
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