Wickr, a secure messaging platform, is closing its consumer-facing app. In a It was discovered by The It announced that it would cease accepting Wickr Me registrations at the end of the current year, before eventually removing the service entirely on December 31st 2023. The shutdown won’t affect the AWS and Enterprise versions of Wickr.
“After careful consideration, we will be concentrating Wickr’s focus on securing our business and public sector customers’ data and communications with AWS Wickr and Wickr Enterprise, and have decided to discontinue our consumer product, Wickr Me,” the company said, adding that it was working on developing the capability for Wickr customers to securely communicate with individuals outside of their organization.
After reports that Amazon had not done enough to combat Wickr Me’s abuse of child sexual abuse material, the announcement was made. In June, , citing court documents and information from law enforcement and activists, said the platform had become a “go-to destination” for those trafficking in that type of content.
Wickr stated that it would provide information to users about how to save data before the shutdown next year. Alternatives are easy to find with apps such as SignalSecure messaging.
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