Signal app faces global outage days after adding millions of users
Signal that piqued user interest after Elon Musk s clarion call to Use Signal has said that it has been adding new servers and extra capacity at a record pace every single day this week
BusinessToday.In | January 16, 2021 | Updated 09:32 IST
Signal app suffers global outage
Cross-platform messaging app Signal that garnered millions of new users within days of WhatsApp s new policy faced a global outage on Friday. Users were unable to send or receive messages on both mobile and desktop applications. The company said that it was experiencing technical difficulties and that it was working hard to restore services as soon as possible .
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.
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Startups & corporate biggies Signal change
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A wide range of companies have started mandating migration to messaging platform Signal. (File photo)
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: As the furore over changes in WhatsApp’s privacy policy grows, a wide range of companies have started mandating migration to messaging platform Signal. These include new-age tech startups, older corporates and their senior leadership teams who are now using Signal for day-to-day work chats and sharing of internal documents.
Paytm and PhonePe, both of which are threatened by WhatsApp’s recent entry into payments, used the controversy to encourage their teams to shift out of WhatsApp. Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel & Power is moving out too.
Signal replaces WhatsApp as top free app on Apple App Store, Telegram second Updated Jan 11, 2021 | 15:18 IST
WhatsApp s privacy update is pushing users to uninstall the app and switch to other messaging platforms like Signal and Telegram. Signal
Telegram is its closest competition in terms of privacy
WhatsApp has now slipped to third place under top free apps category on App Store
Signal, the free messaging app that started grabbing headlines soon after WhatsApp released its new privacy update, has secured the top spot on Apple App Store in a few countries, including India. It is now ranked number 1 under top free apps category, with Telegram gaining the second place and WhatsApp left behind at the third.