Wickr, until recently, was the preferred platform for drug traffickers and organized crime. It is a platform that does not require an associated email or phone number. This provides anonymity guarantees highly valued by cybercriminals. Amazon has recently purchased Wickr and is already positioning itself as a major competitor to challenge Alibaba.

Business Insider magazine, which dedicates an article to this topic, Selva Orejón, explains that “Wickr does not require you to have an associated email or phone number. Therefore,” she details, “it is a platform used by many intelligence service workers in the United States.” According to Selva, “the application has given law enforcement many headaches.”

In terms of cybersecurity, this could be good news since with Amazon as the owner—”masters of using and monetizing user data”—it is difficult to believe that the privacy that differentiates it from other applications will be maintained.

We invite you to read the interview with Selva Orejón in Business Insider on this topic.