In 2014 Viber was bought by the Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten for $900 million. It rapidly became a popular messaging platform and reached over 200 million active users. Viber was developed by Talmon Marco and Igor Magazinnik in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2010. Viber includes other features such as disappearing messages, password-protected chats, and auto-deleting messages as well. This means messages are encrypted on your phone or computer as they are sent and only the recipient you sent them to has the key to decrypt them. Yes, Viber uses end to end encryption on 1-on-1 messages and group messages.

Use Viber on your smartphone, tablet and computer when you're connected to a Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G network. Viber syncs your contacts, messages and call history with your mobile device, so you can start the conversation on the Viber mobile application and continue from the comfort of your PC. Viber lets you send free messages and make free calls to other Viber users, on any device and network, in any country. You can make audio and video calls, send video or voice messages, use stickers, GIFs and more. With Viber you can send messages of all types and make phone calls to other Viber users for free.

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