Most people, however, don’t trust Facebook as guardian of their personal information and data.Īnd that, combined with WhatsApp’s proposed privacy changes, which come into effect in February, is why a lot of people are now switching over to Signal for good. But, don’t worry, it won’t actually do anything with all this access – or, at least, that’s the official line.
Facebook can see, store, collect, and monitor everything that is done inside Facebook Messenger.
The app uses your phone number to ID you, and that is it – everything else is encrypted (end-to-end) and Signal has no access to chats, media sent via its app, or what is being said and/or discussed by its members.Ĭompare this to Facebook Messenger, the popular IM app used by millions and the difference is like night and day. And the reason? Simple: Signal does not store, read, analyse, or keep any of your data.
“I use Signal every day,” said Edward Snowdon, whistleblower and privacy advocate. Signal is a new, extremely popular instant messaging app that people are switching to from WhatsApp.
0 kommentar(er)
