It might seem like a contradiction that an executive and celebrity with a huge public persona would be blazing trails for online privacy, but billionaire Mark Cuban is doing just that. Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a star of CNBC’s Shark Tank, takes privacy so seriously that he has multiple business interests devoted to helping individuals and companies send and receive messages and post on social media more securely and more privately.

In a recent blog, I mentioned Cuban’s mobile app Cyber Dust, which enables users to send text messages that disappear in less than two minutes, turning to cyber “dust.” And I just learned that he also invested in Xpire, an app that helps consumers manage and minimize their digital footprints. After Huffington Post published my blog, I reached out to Cuban and asked if he would answer some additional questions about Cyber Dust and online privacy. He graciously agreed, so following are five questions with Cuban about online privacy.

John P. David (JPD): Cyber Dust launched earlier this year, first on iPhone and later on Android. How’s business? Are you hitting your goals? Is your customer base what you expected?

Mark Cuban (MC): We are growing far faster than I expected, but I have no idea what our demographics are. We don’t ask our users about themselves, and we keep no metadata. We take privacy seriously.

JPD: As any Shark Tank viewer knows, you don’t invest in average businesses. Why do you feel this is a great business?

MC: This is a great business because being able to minimize our digital footprint is critical when a single out-of-context social media post can ruin a career or even be far worse.

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