Is Signal app really safe? How safe is it compared to WhatsApp?

Thinking of switching to Signal? Is Signal safer as compared with WhatsApp? How do you kw it's as safe as it claims to be? Many WhatsApp users are marching towards Signal. This move was instigated by recent anuncement made by WhatsApp that meant a more elaborate form of customer data sharing with Facebook.

It read, " information we share with Facebook Companies includes your account registration information (such as your phone number), transaction data, service-related information, information on how you interact with ors (including businesses) when using our Services, mobile device information, your IP address, and may include or information identified in Privacy Policy section entitled 'Information We Collect' or obtained upon tice to you or based on your consent." new policy will come to effect on February 8, 2021. But what actually provoked people into switching to Signal right away was a single tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk that said, "Use Signal" to 41.5 million of his Twitter followers. Add to that, security experts Matt Green and Bruce Schneier, American whistleblower Edward Swden and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey also recommended using Signal.

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Is Signal app really safe?

'Say Hello to Privacy' reads Signal's tagline. Though most of Signal's features are similar to WhatsApp, here's what makes m different. First and foremost, let's understand where each of apps comes from. While WhatsApp is acquired by one of biggest tech companies of today i.e. Facebook, Signal is owned by a n-profit organization, Signal Foundation and app is furr developed only through donations made by ir customers.

How much private is private?

Though WhatsApp claims to be end-to-end encrypted, did you kw that your back-up messs that transfer to cloud and metadata that connects two ends are t? On or hand, Signal doesn't at all send your data to cloud. Instead, your back-up files are saved locally in your phone so that only you have key to m. metadata is also encrypted on Signal.

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keyboard is t your friend, in most cases.

Whatever you type on your keyboard can be saved and transferred as a part of user data, depending on app you're using. Fortunately, Signal has option of Incognito Keyboard that acts as a Screen Security so that or app in your window can see what you're typing. Apart from obvious parameters, here's why Signal app privacy policy is actually said to be safe. While WhatsApp collects a number of data from you moment you log in, including your user ID, device ID, advertising data, purchase history, product information, etc., Signal only asks for your mobile number to verify and register your profile.

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