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Messaging service Telegram crossed 500-million subscriber mark globally and added 25 million new users in the last few days as it gained ground amid the controversy over WhatsApps latest privacy policy update. While Telegram did not specify India-specific user numbers, it said 38 per cent of the new users are from Asia, followed by Europe (27 per cent), Latin America (21 per cent) and MENA (Middle East and North Africa at 8 per cent). In a statement, Telegram said it surpassed 500 million mo...

Companies accessing your data can surprise in ways you don’t expect: Signal’s Acton Brian Acton, executive chairman of Signal Foundation, said that data protection and privacy were at the core of Signal’s philosophy. CNBC-TV18 Brian Acton (Image: Reuters) Facebook-backed messaging platform WhatsApp’s ‘take it, or leave it’ privacy policy and terms of service haven’t gone too well with the users. This list includes the likes of Tesla CEO...

The ads reveal a desperate attempt to address an outcry in WhatsApp’s largest market over a privacy change that was poorly communicated.

WhatsApp made a major announcement that had users downloading rival messaging app Signal instead.

March 5th 2021 17:14 The acceleration of ecommerce throughout the globe over the course of 2020 was hard to ignore, as consumers shopped online often out of necessity, and brands were forced to rapidly change their strategies as a result. From consumer behaviour to demand prediction to retention, the events of the last year have altered or sped up almost every facet of online retail. We’ve rounded up a selection of stats to try to illustrate how the pandemic has impacted, and continues to i...

Telegram flooded with death threats and calls for violence amid Trump ban The apps history is causing concern it could be exploited by groups looking to disrupt Joe Bidens inauguration 13 January 2021 • 5:35pm The explosion in the use of Telegram has prompted fears that right-wing extremists are embracing the platform, which uses sophisticated encryption and in the past has been linked to use by Islamic extremist groups, in growing numbers. Multiple Neo-Nazi and extreme right groups could b...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Encrypted messaging apps Signal and Telegram are seeing huge upticks in downloads from Apple and Google’s app stores. Facebook-owned WhatsApp, by contrast, is seeing its growth decline following a fiasco that forced the company to clarify a privacy update it had sent to users. Mobile app analytics firm Sensor Tower said Wednesday […]

Facebook Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) WhatsApp — which is under fire after it revised its privacy policy? What Is Signal: Signal is a messaging app that offers services on mobile phones and desktops. The app allows users to make video or voice calls along with texting. All the communications are end-to-end encrypted, which means even Signal cannot see the contents of these chats and calls. The only information that Signal collects from its users is a phone number, which means it has limited data to h...

Signal topped Apple and Google's app stores and saw 7.5 million downloads in the five days following WhatsApp's announcement about data-sharing.