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WhatsApp makes another attempt to explain its privacy policy
Facing intense scrutiny over alleged data sharing with Facebook via new privacy policy, WhatsApp ha…
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WhatsApp co-founder and Signal investor Brian Acton targets 100-200 million Signal users in India
Elated at Indians, including top entrepreneurs and celebrities, rushing to join his encrypted messa…
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WhatsApp is trying to get users to agree to its new privacy policy again, a month after it sent people flocking to Signal and Telegram
WhatsApp already asked users to agree to the new policy in January, but inadvertently started a pri…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Survey reveals that Telegram and Signal are wooing away users from WhatsApp due to privacy concerns
The trend of multiple messaging app usage is picking up in India and Telegram is the frontrunner, h…
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WhatsApp's new T&Cs didn't really change anything about sharing your data with Facebook, but you should still use Signal if you care about privacy
WhatsApp was already sharing your data with Facebook - where it went wrong was by giving users an u…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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As Signal downloads surge, employees are reportedly worried the messaging app isn't doing enough to head off extremism
Signal's strong privacy focus might mean it's less able to prevent and track harmful behavior on it…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Messaging app Signal is back up and running after being down for more than 24 hours
The messaging app saw a massive spike in new users after Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced a contro…
Tim Levin
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Signal appears to be down for some users after the messaging app saw a record spike in downloads
The apparent issues come after Signal saw a 4,200% spike in downloads after WhatsApp users flocked …
Katie Canales
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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.
"I have no desire to do all the things that WhatsApp does," Brian Acton, a cofounder of Signal, tol…
Grace Dean
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Telegram hits 500 million active users following backlash over WhatsApp's changing privacy policy
The messaging app announced it had 25 million downloads in the last 72 hours. Signal has also seen …
Natasha Dailey
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Signal or WhatsApp? Here's how the messaging apps differ and how to decide which one to use.
While Signal offers users more privacy, WhatsApp has customizable features that allow for easier us…
Allana Akhtar
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Signal downloads skyrocketed 4,200% after WhatsApp announced it would force users to share personal data with Facebook. It's top of both Google and Apple's app stores.
Signal topped Apple and Google's app stores and saw 7.5 million downloads in the five days followin…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Signal grabs the top spot beating WhatsApp in free apps category
Cross-platform encrypted messaging service, Signal has climbed to the top spot in the free apps cat…
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WhatsApp is forcing users to share personal data with Facebook, and Elon Musk is urging people to switch to Signal, a smaller encrypted messaging app
If users don't agree to let Facebook collect their WhatsApp data, they will lose access to the app,…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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WhatsApp is testing self-deleting messages that vanish after 7 days
A WhatsApp spokesperson told Business Insider the company hopes to roll out "disappearing messages"…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Here are a list of apps that lets you stay connected even offline - for the next time your favourite messaging app has an outage
Here are a list of apps that lets you stay connected even offline - for the next time your favouri…
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WhatsApp Pay UPI services gets the green signal from NPCI, but rollout will be in a 'graded' manner
Having a cap on the transaction volume will help in de-risking the entire set-up and is essen…
PTI
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Starlink signals might be processed and utilised to replace conventional GPS: Report
The Starlink constellation is, by far, the largest in history, with almost 3,000 satellites in orbi…
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WhatsApp data breach hits downloads in its biggest market — opens it up to Telegram and Signal
This could spell trouble for the Facebook-owned messaging service since India its biggest ma…
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WhatsApp users will finally be able to edit their messages after they've sent them — but only for 15 minutes
WhatsApp is making its new message editing feature available to its 2 billion users globally, allow…