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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago

Signal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?

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Signal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?

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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year ago
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Signal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why? | TechCrunch
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Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has been flying high in the Dutch app stores this past month, sitting in pole-position for much of it.
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    What are the major differences between what you can do on Whatsapp vs Signal?

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      Whatsapp let’s you donate your contact list and social network to meta for them to resell.

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        Source?

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          It requires access to your contacts to work on Android. That is, you cannot type in a phone number. That’s an intentional choice.

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            Oh, that’s yucky. Thanks for the information, we haven’t used it since it got bought by Facebook.

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          https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=en

          https://www.meta.com/legal/privacy-policy/

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            Thank you!

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              Where you unable to find this without a provided link?

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                Yes.

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      it is just a messaging app, legit the exact same. group chats, image and video, previews to links i send, it even has a way higher level of customisability that i haven’t found elsewhere.

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