Iran Blocks Signal as Messaging App's Popularity Explodes
Photo: Damien Meyer (Getty Images) With great popularity comes great scrutiny. Following WhatsApp’s controversial announcement of changes to its privacy policy, users have flocked to the encrypted messaging app Signal. The app has maintained a relatively small userbase for years, but in the last month, it has reportedly doubled in size. And now it’s attracted the attention of government regulators in Iran. Advertisement At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the horde of…Read more Al Jazeera reports that Signal users in Iran began to report dif...
Source: gizmodo.com