Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoSignal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?techcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1306
arrow-up1306external-linkSignal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?techcrunch.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squareOf the Air (cele/celes)linkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThe only real differences we can think of is: Whatsapp unlike Signal doesn’t have usernames meaning a phone number must be used to contact others on it, and that Whatsapp’s report feature shares the unencrypted message and surrounding messages with Meta to give context for the report.
The only real differences we can think of is:
Whatsapp unlike Signal doesn’t have usernames meaning a phone number must be used to contact others on it, and that Whatsapp’s report feature shares the unencrypted message and surrounding messages with Meta to give context for the report.