WhatsApp s new privacy policy very confusing , says Signal co-founder Brian Acton
California-based messaging app Signal s co-founder Brian Acton, who also co-founded WhatsApp, has said that he finds the latter s new privacy policy very confusing and hard to follow
BusinessToday.In | January 14, 2021 | Updated 10:32 IST
Brian Acton co-founded WhatsApp with Jan Koum and sold it to Facebook for $19 billion in 2014
California-based messaging app Signal s co-founder Brian Acton, who also co-founded WhatsApp, has said that he finds the latter s new privacy policy very confusing and hard to follow. Acton said the update renders the possibility of users data being shared back to Facebook, which owns the platform, to increase the company s capability to target customers.
»Have You Switched To Telegram From WhatsApp? Telegram Says 25 Million Joined In The Last 72 Hours
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Have You Switched To Telegram From WhatsApp? Telegram Says 25 Million Joined In The Last 72 Hours
As 25 million new active users have joined the privacy focused Telegram in the past 72 hours, it pushed the user base beyond the 500 million mark. This sudden spike in users shouldn’t come as a surprise, after the Facebook owned WhatsApp announced the new Privacy Policy and Terms of Use on January 7.
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Instant messaging app Telegram has now clocked 500 million active users globally. While that is a significant milestone in itself, the bigger highlight perhaps is that 25 million new active users have joined the privacy focused Telegram in the past 72 hours, to push the user base beyond the 500 million mark. This sudden spike in users shouldn’t come as a surprise, after the Facebook owned WhatsApp announced the new Pri
The Telegram and Signal messaging apps have recorded a rapid rise in demand. This comes days after their major rival WhatsApp publicized an update on their terms of service. The update on TOS has.
Huge shock to Whatsapp as several companies switch to Signal - WhatsApp's decision to forcibly take personal information of people has started to show its effect on its popularity.