Signal won't replace WhatsApp, people will use both: Brian Acton - Business Insider

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Signal won't replace WhatsApp, the cofounder of both encrypted messaging apps says. Instead, people will use the 2 services for different conversations.

of his own money. Since its creation, Signal has focused on privacy and has promised to never sell users' data or display in-app ads.

WhatsApp has since clarified that this only affects users outside the European Union and the UK, and said that the change "does not affect the privacy of your messages with friends or family in any way.""The smallest of events helped trigger the largest of outcomes," he said. "We're also excited that we are having conversations about online privacy and digital safety and people are turning to Signal as the answer to those questions," Acton told TechCrunch.

 

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techinsider Never mind that, I sense collusion. They must have the same barber.

Forget it. Deleting it asap. People have had enough of Facebook's monopolistic and greedy practices.

Within hours, all my contacts migrated to SIGNAL. No need for WhatsApp anymore. uninstall

Most likely, yes.

I forgot it's up to him to decide lol how silly of me.

For those who are unaware, if you have Gboard installed, Google and so the US gov with a warrant can read your outgoing messages. The Incognito flag is a request only- the app cannot impose it on a non-compliant keyboard. Such a keyboard can be pushed to your device by Google.

As always, especially because everyone cannot flock to Signal. Nor can Signal really accommodate that scale.

Nope. We will delete whatsapp.

I don’t think so. WhatsApp and Signal offer the same functionality. They are not like Facebook and Instagram which are two different products. The chances are people will choose one over the other.

What about telegram ?

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