Facebook exec blasts WhatsApp founder for being 'low-class'

David Marcus wants to talk about class. Or, specifically, the lack thereof he sees in a wealthy man taking a principled stand against the conglomerate that so long buttered his bread. 

The Facebook head of blockchain published a clearly frustrated screed today, blasting WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton's decision to go on the record about his departure from Facebook, and his stated belief that in selling his messaging company to the Menlo Park behemoth he betrayed his users in the process. 

"I sold my users’ privacy to a larger benefit," Acton told Forbes. "I made a choice and a compromise. And I live with that every day." Read more...