Details 12 January 2021
Headlines shouting about the brisk rise of Telegram and Signal emerged over the past few days after rival WhatsApp updated its terms of service asking users to allow its parent Facebook and its subsidiaries to collect user data, phone number and location. While the content of the messages are said to remain encrypted, the data collected would presumably allow for more targeted advertisements on the Facebook owned platforms and allow the network to invest more into areas such as eCommerce.
According to reports on Reuters, these privacy concerns have led to more than 100,000 users installing Signal across app stores such as Apple and Google and telegram saw over 2.2million downloads, according to Sensor Tower. Sensor Tower also added that new installs of WhatsApp fell 11% in the first seven days of 2021 compared with the prior week. Meanwhile, the privacy concerns saw Turkish anti-trust officials to launch an investigation