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MONEYWEB app instead? As popularity surges. Image: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg The encrypted messaging company Signal has long been popular with activists, investigative journalists, politicians and assorted law enforcement officials because of its emphasis on privacy and security. Its growth was steady — but slow. Then came Christmas break. Employees returned from the holidays to an unexpected surge in new users that overwhelmed Signal’s servers and sent engineers racing to increase capacity. INSIDERGOLD Subscribe for full access to all our share and unit trust data tools, our award-w...

Signal’s (centre) issues aren’t dissimilar to other technology companies that have struggled with rapid growth. Google and Facebook, among others, have faced internal dissent as the companies have grown from scrappy and idealistic startups to tech giants. — AFP The encrypted messaging company Signal has long been popular with activists, investigative journalists, politicians and assorted law enforcement officials because of its emphasis on privacy and security. Its growth was steady – but slow. Then came Christmas break. Employees returned from the holidays to an unexpected surge in n...