Reportedly, more than 8.8 million people downloaded Signal through the Apple and Google stores over the week beginning 4 January. With more than 42 million Twitter followers, the ensuing flood of signups to Signal tested its load handling. Igniting the public interest in Signal, with the eloquently put tweet, “Use Signal” on 7 January. Key intro, Elon Musk, turning that diesel into rocket fuel, as he does best. Many WhatsApp users were unsettled by the move and were open to alternatives. These terms of service are mandatory and unless otherwise agreed to by 8 February would bar the user from using the messaging application. The update stipulated that WhatsApp would have the right to share the user’s IP address, phone number, and payments, with its parent company Facebook. Pouring fuel on the fire, WhatsApp then updated its privacy policy. When ripples turned into wavesĪs written in The Wall Street Journal, the de-platforming of United States President Donald Trump from popular social media services, such as Facebook and Twitter, after the devastating US Capitol riots resulted in some people seeking means of communication that cannot be intervened. Currently, Facebook collects information from its users’ including location, name, photos, browsing history, advertising data, audio data, health and fitness – you get the point, it’s an extensive list. The platform’s service is in stark contrast to the likes of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and its subsidiary WhatsApp when compared on a privacy scale. Here’s a reason: I use it every day and I’m not dead yet. The fierce privacy emphasis has been praised by iconic ambassadors, such as American whistle-blower, Edward Snowden. However, not even this information is used by Signal to try to identify you. The messaging service provides end to end encrypted messaging by solely using your phone number as the intermediatory identifier. In 2015 former Twitter Inc ( NYSE: TWTR) employee Moxie Marlinspike combined 2 secure messaging products to create Signal. Firstly, let’s grasp a novel understanding of what Signal is and how it has come to find itself topping the app stores around the world. The truth is Signal is not a publicly traded company, but we’ll get into that a little bit later. Better still, what even is Signal? And why does it get the endorsement of Tesla Inc ( NASDAQ: TSLA) founder and world’s richest person, Elon Musk? You’d be forgiven if you missed Signal’s spontaneous rise to stardom amongst the flurry of big tech interventions and controversies. The last week certainly has been anything but boring, especially for the Signal app and its alleged ‘share price’.
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