Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agoSignal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?techcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1300arrow-down14
arrow-up1296arrow-down1external-linkSignal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?techcrunch.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareOf the Air (cele/celes)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoThe only real differences we can think of is: Whatsapp unlike Signal doesn’t have usernames meaning a phone number must be used to contact others on it, and that Whatsapp’s report feature shares the unencrypted message and surrounding messages with Meta to give context for the report.
The only real differences we can think of is:
Whatsapp unlike Signal doesn’t have usernames meaning a phone number must be used to contact others on it, and that Whatsapp’s report feature shares the unencrypted message and surrounding messages with Meta to give context for the report.