"With the absolute explosion in privacy over the past several years, Confide, which started as a side project, has become a mission-critical platform for sensitive communication throughout the world," said Confide co-founder and President Jon Brod, in a statement shared with TechCrunch about Confide's exit. Investors and IAC alike have declined to talk about deal price, but that may speak for itself. There's now a team of around 10 assigned to work on the app, adding needed resources to its further development, and soon, an updated logo and branding.Ĭonfide's existing desktop and mobile apps will also continue to be available, but later updated with new features as part of Teltech's efforts. "One thing that makes us a little bit different is just that we're more personal," she says.ĭespite having hit some bumps in the road over the years, Confide as of the time of the acquisition, still had around 100,000 monthly active users. "I think one kind of key differentiators is that Confide is definitely more for one-on-one and smaller group communication, rather than with Signal and Telegram where there's some larger chat dynamics," notes Giulia Porter, Teltech's VP of Marketing. What it won't do, though, is try to directly compete with Telegram or other private apps that offer large channels or group chats that support tens of thousands of people at once. While IAC won't speak to its specific plans for Confide's future, the app will continue to offer users a safe and secure way to communicate. Teltech says it was aware of the security concerns, but it had conversations with the prior Confide team and understands that the earlier issues had been "quickly and effectively remediated." Confide quickly fixed its vulnerabilities but then a month later was facing a class action lawsuit (later dismissed by the plaintiff) over the security issues. Other Teletech apps include phone call recorder TapeACall and blocked call unmasker TrapCall.Ĭonfide, however, may end up being one of the better-known additions among that group, thanks to being remembered as a favored tool of choice among frustrated Washington Republicans during the Trump years.īut despite the user growth that news had driven, things slowed in the months that followed, when researchers published a report that claimed Confide wasn't as secure as it had promised. The company believes Confide makes for a good fit among its growing group of mobile communication apps, including Robokiller and its latest app, SwitchUp, which offers users a second phone number for additional privacy and spam blocking purposes.
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