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Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike Steps Down, Is He Right About Web 3?

Moxie Marlinspike has stepped down as chief executive at Signal, the encrypted messaging app he founded in 2014. WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton will serve as interim CEO. “The Hash” team discusses what could be next for Marlinspike amid his critiques of Web 3 for not being truly decentralized as its proponents claim.

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Signal Founder Hacks Phone-Hacking Tool Cellebrite

As CoinDesk's Ben Powers puts it, Signal has narc'd on the narcs. In a recent blog post, private messaging app Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike announced he hacked Cellebrite's phone-hacking tool and found it full of security vulnerabilities. Cellebrite is a digital intelligence platform that works with law enforcement and governments worldwide, including authoritarian regimes, to extract private data. "The Hash" panel breaks down Marlinspike's revelations.

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Signal Founder May Have Been More Than a Tech Adviser to MobileCoin

Moxie Marlinspike founded Signal and is on record as being an adviser to MobileCoin. An old white paper suggests his involvement in the latter may be more complicated.

Conflicting documents raise questions about the Signal CEO's early involvement in Mobilecoin.

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