Also, Tesla CEO Elon Musk in his tweet urged people to use Signal. So today we are here to help you understand which one you should go for in order to safeguard your privacy.
Since the announcement of the new WhatsApp Policy the users have become anxious as the Terms and Service clearly mentions that the user’s data will be shared with Facebook and its subsidiaries. To this, the user are migrating bases to Signal and Telegram. Both the app are rivals of WhatsApp and they are seeing huge waves of new users after the WhatsApp Policy change announcement.
So below is a list of a complete analysis of what data is collected by which app whether it is WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram. According to the information we collected from the app store following data will be collected and linked to your identity:
- Device ID
- Advertising Data
- Purchase History
- Coarse Location
- Contact Info- Phone number, Email Address
- User content
- User ID
- Product Interaction
- Crash Data
- Performance Data
- Other Diagnostic Data
- Payment Info
- Contacts
- Customer Support
- Other User Content
- Facebook Messenger
- Purchase History
- Other Financial Info
- Location- Precise Location and Coarse Location
- Contact Info- Physical Address, Email Address, Name, Phone Number and other User Contact Info
- Contacts
- User Content- Photos or Videos, Gameplay Content and Other User Content
- Search History
- Browsing History
- User ID
- Device ID
- Product Interaction
- Advertising Data
- Other Usage Data
- Sensitive Info
- iMessage
- Signal
- According to Signal, only the user’s phone number may be collected as a part of data that may not be linked to your identity.
- Telegram
- Whereas the following data is collected by Telegram and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info- Name and Phone Number
- Contacts
- User ID
However, this should be noted that this information has not been verified by Apple and has been submitted by the app developer only. Apparently, we have also seen a rise in new sign-ups to Signal and is widely being used by journalists, lawyers, politicians, security experts, activists and more across the globe. The best thing about this app is that it is a nonprofit organization and is not linked to any company. The second important thing is that everything is encrypted from your profile photo, voice and video calls, photos, attachments, stickers to location pins. It also does send secured backups of your chats and your contacts on your device. It also does not prevent other apps from seeing what you are typing and that feature is the Incognito Keyboard option. And from our opinion Signal is probably the best app that will not only ensure your privacy but can never be acquired by any company as it is a nonprofit organisation, unlike WhatsApp.
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