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WhatsApp privacy concerns are not new. So why are Indians talking about quitting it now? Thousands of Indians, young and old, have been trying out messenger apps like Signal and Telegram this week. Jan 13, 2021 · 09:00 am A man poses with a smartphone in front of displayed Whatsapp logo in this illustration. | Dado Ruvic/Reuters Up till a week ago, 67-year-old Snehlata Patel believed that WhatsApp was the only possible way in which she could share jokes and other messages with her friends, or have “free” video calls with her relatives. Since Saturday, however, she has spent hours glued to her phone, struggling to familiarise herself with Signal – a messenger app to which many in her “school friends” WhatsApp group were moving. ....