Moxy Marllespike ( Moxie Marlinspike ), creator of an open messenger Signal and Signal Savior Protocol, also used for end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp, announced On the care of the head of the company Signal Messenger LLC, which oversees the development of the application and the Signal protocol. For a while, the new leader will not be selected, the responsibilities of the temporary CEO will occupy Brine Acton ( Brian Acton ), co-founder and head of non-profit Organizations of Signal Technology Foundation, at one time creating the Whatsapp messenger and successfully sold him Facebook.
It is noted that four years ago, all processes and development were entirely tied to Moxy and he could not even remain without communication for a short time, since all the problems had to solve himself. The dependence of the project from one person did not suit Moxy and over the past few years in the company managed to form the backbone from competent engineers, as well as delegate them all functions to develop, support and accompaniment.
It is noted that the workflows are now established so that recently Moxy has almost ceased participation in the development and all work on Signal is conducted by a team that showed the ability to support the project afloat without his participation. According to Moxin, for the further development of Signal will be better if he transfers the post of CEO worthy of a candidate (Moxy primarily a cryptograph, developer and engineer, not a professional manager). At the same time, Moxy does not fully leave the project and remains on the Board of Directors of the adjacent non-profit organization Signal Technology Foundation.