Millions of Whatsapp users around the world received a notification to accept some new terms and privacy policy or not be able to use their WhatsApp Account.How does this affect Africans?
Knowing Brian Acton, creator of WhatsApp and its viral rival Signal
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Signal App is considered the gold standard for privacy by journalists and whistleblowers. WhatsApp, meanwhile, wants to share significantly more user data with Facebook.
Agencies
It has been an exciting week for Signal Messenger between
an endorsement from the world’s richest person and a
38% surge in downloads, some say the encrypted messaging app is having its moment.
This, after WhatsApp said it is tweaking its terms of use and privacy policy to share
significantly more user data with Facebook. And there isn’t an opt-out option you either accept the terms or stop using the app altogether.