Since 2009, WhatsApp has carried a reputation for encrypted “secure” messaging. In 2014 the company was purchased by Facebook for 19 billion dollars.
In February 2021, a new “privacy policy” will be instituted with “far from privacy-focused” clauses. If you don’t agree to this policy, WhatsApp will terminate your account.
It states, (direct quote)
“We are part of the Facebook Companies. As part of the Facebook Companies, WhatsApp receives information from, and shares information with, the Facebook Companies as described in WhatsApp’s Privacy Policy, including to provide integrations that enable you to connect your WhatsApp experience with other Facebook Company Products; to ensure security, safety, and integrity across the Facebook Company Products; and to improve your ads and products experience across the Facebook Company Products.”
They are using YOUR INFORMATION to “improve your ads and products experience across the Facebook Company Products” (Facebook, Instagram).
Wow! Do you really want “your ads” improved? Millions have chosen privacy and have switched to signal or telegram.
Is Signal Better? Yes! Let’s look at some reasons why.
Signal is an open-sourced application. According to Tech Radar,” This means that all of the code for the app is publicly available to view, making it impossible for the creators to sneak in any backdoors that could give governments or hackers access to your messages.”
Their privacy policy reads,
“Signal does not sell, rent or monetize your personal data or content in any way – ever.” Further down, it says, “Signal cannot decrypt or otherwise access the content of your messages or calls. Signal queues end-to-end encrypted messages on its servers for delivery to temporarily offline devices (e.g., a phone whose battery has died). Your message history is stored on your own devices.”
Signal has a deluxe platform that can integrate your SMS (Text Messaging) with your signal messages in one seamless experience. This integration puts ALL of your messages in one convenient place.
Another app called Telegram has also captured a considerable number of users that have quit using WhatsApp. The disadvantage of Telegram is, the messages ARE NOT ENCRYPTED by default, and it is not entirely open-source.
“How to Geek”, says it like this,
“If you’re serious about maximum privacy for your communications, you should pick Signal. It’s built from the ground up to be as private as possible by default. It’s clear why (as of early January 2021) Signal is beating Telegram on the App Store charts.”
The choice is yours. Do you want to feed streams of data to the “Facebook companies,” or would you like to have a private, encrypted conversation with your friend or family member? Choose Wisely!
Article credit: Elijah McMillan
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Switch to Signal messaging app. I will personally help you (over the phone) install and set it up.
Visit this link or download it from the app store.
https://signal.org/install
After downloading it, if you are not sure about how to set it up and make signal your default text messaging app, text me @
8775561929.