Signal ready to Overthrow Whatsapp

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The Signal Private Messenger App will overthrow Whatsapp soon.

Already, the Signal app is being used by millions of people every day for free and instantaneous communication around the world.

As part of its features, you can send and receive high-fidelity messages, participate in HD voice/video calls, and explore a growing set of new features that help you stay connected. Signal’s advanced privacy-preserving technology is always enabled, so you can focus on sharing moments with people who matter to you.

The State-of-the-art end-to-end encryption (powered by the open-source Signal Protocol) keeps conversations secure.

Signal downloads skyrocketed 4,200% just after Whatsapp announced it would force users to share personal data with Facebook.

Right now, Signal is at the top of both Google and Apple Store search history.

A lot more people are opting out of the Whatsapp app due to its new terms and conditions, to use the Signal Private Messenger App.

Data indicates that this helped drive a huge spike in downloads on the rival encrypted messaging app Signal, which topped Google and Apple play stores.
Signal saw 7.5 million downloads last week, a 4,200% increase over the previous week. Telegram also saw 9 million downloads, a 91% increase, and India was the biggest source of downloads for both

The beebom.com scaled Whatsapp, Telegram, and Signal, and the Signal App came out as the most private and highly secured app.

What is Signal Messenger?

The Signal Messenger App was founded by Moxie Marlinspike and Brian Acton in 2018. Apparently, Acton is also the co-founder of WhatsApp. He left the Facebook-owned company three years after the social network bought it for $19 billion.

Signal Foundation’s aim to provide its users with an encrypted messaging app. The application is open source, and, WhatsApp currently uses Signal’s end-to-end encryption protocol.

WHY THE NEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHATSAPP

WhatsApp said users would have to agree to the new terms and policy by February 8, 2021, in order to continue using the service. WhatsApp Head Will Cathcart sought to share his views on the matter. He said the company updated its policy “to be transparent and to better describe optional people-to-business features”.

WhatsApp said users would have to agree to the new terms and policy by February 8, 2021, in order to continue using the service.

This kickstarted a spate of conversations and memes on the internet over WhatsApp’s alleged sharing of user information with Facebook.

Rival platforms like Signal and Telegram are reportedly seeing a surge in downloads in the wake of the development.

Tesla chief Elon Musk had also joined in the conversation, asking people to leave WhatsApp.

Meanwhile, Whatsapp is set to delete accounts of those who do not accept its new terms of service and privacy policy.