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The decision will not be impacting the app's encryption services for enterprises AWS Wickr and Wickr Enterprise,' Wickr said on Friday.Īmazon will update Wickr Me users in the coming months and securely save the user data that it has collected so far, the company added.Īmazon did not say why it is closing Wickr Me, but in recent months, the company has come under intense scrutiny from law enforcement agencies for failing to do enough to curb the dissemination of child sexual abuse content using Wickr Me. 'After careful consideration, we will not accept user registrations for Wickr Me after December 31, 2022, and will discontinue Wickr Me on December 31, 2023. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force, which use the service to encrypt video, chat, text and voice services. While Wickr Me is open to the general public, Wickr Enterprise and AWS Wickr support encryption requirements for military and law enforcement agencies. Amazon acquired Wickr in June 2021 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic to secure communication channels for Amazon's enterprise and government partners. San Francisco-based Wickr, founded in 2012, uses AES-256 end-to-end encryption to allow users to securely and privately communicate. See Also: Live Webinar | Breaking Down Security Challenges so Your Day Doesn’t Start at 3pm The public version of the app has come under law enforcement scrutiny for allegations that the strong encryption shields drug peddlers and child abusers from prosecution. A year after buying Wickr's encrypted instant-messaging app, Amazon will shut down Wickr Me on Dec.