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Very subtly and without mentioning WhatsApp, Elon Musk has suggested stopping using the world’s largest chat app after the announcement of new privacy policies and instead Musk has suggested using the Signal app.
The founder of Tesla and Space X used Twitter, the only social network used by the richest tycoon in the world, to send this message. Musk only wrote Use Signal (Use Signal) and he needed no more to unleash a whole revolution in the net of the little blue bird.
WhatsApp announced new privacy policies that consist of changes regarding the storage of personal data and sharing of this information with Facebook. Something that users did not like, which motivated the company to Mark Zuckerberg issue a statement to clarify that this is a change accounts of companies and not users in general.
“With regard to commercial messaging, we do not require users to share this data. All users will be notified within chat if the business they are talking to has chosen to use Facebook to manage and store your WhatsApp messages. This is an optional service we offer, “the statement said.
What is Signal and how does it work?
Signal is a messaging service created by the California company Signal Foundation in 2014, Which has been successful in recent years thanks to its high level of security.
The app is available for iOS and Android and works with the network to send personal or group messages using phone numbers. Among the features you can also send photos, videos and audios just like WhatsApp does.
The big difference is the high level of security as it allows you to identify the sending and receiving of unknown contact messages. Because of this the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has warned that its cryptic level poses a security risk. national by preventing the tracking of users.
Just because of these benefits is that people like Elon Musk or Jack Dorsey, Founder of Twitter, use the app, which currently has 10 million downloads.