“Facebook is probably more comfortable selling ads than buying them, but they’ll do what they have to do in order to be the top result when some people search for ‘Signal’ in the App Store.There will never be ads in Signal, because your data belongs in your hands not ours," Signal said. The world’s largest instant messaging app updated its terms of service on 6 January, informing users that information from interactions with businesses will be shared with Facebook and companies it owns, and the businesses themselves.īoth Telegram and Signal took the opportunity to promote their platforms and criticize Facebook for profiling users for ad targeting. It is up to us to become victim or reject such moves," Sharma said. Available as a free instant messaging app on iPhone, Android, and desktop computers, Signal provides end-to-end encryption via its Signal protocol: the gold standard of mobile encryption. Here in India WhatsApp / Facebook are abusing their monopoly & taking away millions of users’ privacy for granted. Signal has been touted as the most secure messaging app by security experts and government organizations worldwide. Signal The best encrypted messaging app for most people Specifications Cost: Free Platforms: Android, iOS Todays Best Deals Visit Site Reasons to buy + Open source and encrypted +. The figures came to light as Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma criticized WhatsApp on Twitter on Monday. Lifetime downloads (since 2014) in India stood at 3.9 million for Signal and 151.5 million for Telegram, while WhatsApp has a whopping 1.4 billion downloads from India in the same period. WhatsApp’s downloads fell 35% in the same period, from 2 million to 1.3 million. Telegram’s was a more steady 15% growth from 1.3 million downloads.
Signal was downloaded only 24,000 times between 1 and 5 January, which makes the growth over the subsequent five days a jaw-dropping 9,483%.
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