WhatsApp Users Hit 2 Billion: What Does This Mean for the Future of Privacy?

The phone of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was allegedly hacked through WhatsApp. The mobile messaging platform may be a ticking time bomb with over 2 billion users. WhatsApp may have shown that its end-to-end encryption works; nevertheless, the platform did admit to critical security flaws in their servers. The root of the problem stems from the use of a centralized network. Centralization is the main vulnerability in almost every network. Decentralized applications for social media, video streaming, data management, supply chain management, and a host of other industries are all represented.