As the remote work culture is on the rise, Amazon has acquired the encrypted messaging platform Wickr.
The software company founded in 2012 is based in New York City.
The acquisition will help Amazon get to enable secure communication as employees are mainly working from home.Wickr was initially aimed at privacy advocates and offers to help develop self-destructing messaging technology for financial services firms and gaming companies.
Amazon had been trying to acquire such a platform for a long time.
In a recent report, it was reported that Amazon was also in talks with Signal before.
The value of the deal has not been disclosed yet.“We’re excited to share that AWS has acquired Wickr, an innovative company that has developed the industry’s most secure, end-to-end encrypted communication technology.