The new terms of service and the privacy policy imposed by WhatsApp have led many users to favor the use of other alternative messaging services, considered more secure. Among the stores there is certainly spoiled for choice, in fact there are many alternatives able to perform more or less the same tasks, but at present Telegram and Signal are the two most used services in the world. If on the one hand Telegram recorded a record of 25 million downloads in just three days, Signal has now managed to cross the 50 million mark through the Google Play Store.
For those who do not know it yet, Signal is an instant messaging service, based on open-source software and which allows you to chat with other users, make both video and audio calls, even in groups and even send messages with a time duration. . In addition to the high number of downloads, Signal is on everyone's lips in recent days as it was recommended through some tweets by Edward Snowden, former consultant of the NSA and well-known whistleblower and by Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and Space X, inviting millions of followers to use Signal.
Compared to services like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, Signal does not collect metadata that can be linked back to the user and also encrypts all types of communicationbe it voice calls, video calls or messages. The app has therefore managed to quickly climb the rankings of app stores around the world and it is no coincidence that the boom took place in the days following the new policy introduced by WhatsApp. On Sunday 10 January alone, about 810.000 users from all over the world installed Signal, according to the research firm Apptopia.
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The new WhatsApp conditions to which it will be necessary to adhere by February 8 if you want to continue using the service only clarify what data the companies belonging to the Facebook group share with each other while no changes have been made to the way they are shared within the European territory, as it is protected by the regulations in force in the European Union. Despite this, many users have decided to download other alternative messaging apps in view of the date set by WhatsApp.
To keep up with the expectations of users arriving from other platforms, the encrypted messaging service is working hard to expand its feature park. Recently the group call limit has been increased from five to eight and soon there may be new possibilities such as adding backgrounds to chats and stickers during a conversation.
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