World's richest person Elon Musk is asking people to switch to a messaging app called Signal over WhatsApp and Facebook due to a change their policy which has raised privacy concerns.
Tesla CEO Musk appealed to people to switch to more encrypted apps than WhatsApp and Facebook and specifically mentioned Signal when asked about a safer alternative by his followers.
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Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to become world s richest person Share Updated: 5:33 PM CST Jan 7, 2021 By Chris Isidore, CNN Business
Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to become world s richest person Share Updated: 5:33 PM CST Jan 7, 2021
Hide Transcript Share Updated: 5:33 PM CST Jan 7, 2021 By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Elon Musk edged past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to grab the title of world s richest person, according to Bloomberg.A 6% rise in Tesla shares early Thursday lifted the value of its CEO s stock holdings and options by $10 billion, taking his net worth to about $191 billion. A more modest rise of less than 2% lifted Bezos Amazon shares by about $3 billion, putting his net worth at $187 billion.Bloomberg s real-time billionaire tracker still has Bezos about $3 billion ahead of Musk. But the tracker doesn t update until the end of the trading day. Bloomberg posted an article confirming Musk s title.Bill Gates is now