It's difficult to compare the usage of Signal and WhatsApp as they are both widely used messaging apps, but Signal has a smaller user base compared to WhatsApp.Īccording to data from SimilarWeb, WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in the world, with over 2 billion monthly active users as of 2021. The organization is focused on developing open-source, end-to-end encrypted messaging and voice call technology.īecause Signal is a non-profit organization and is not owned by a larger corporation like WhatsApp which is owned by Facebook, this means that Signal is less likely to be influenced by outside parties. Signal is a non-profit organization, it is owned by the Signal Foundation which was founded by Moxie Marlinspike and Brian Acton in 2018.īrian Acton is a co-founder of WhatsApp, he left the company and later donated $50 million to Signal Foundation to help fund the development of the Signal app. Let’s follow the money and see who owns Signal. Signal does not collect or store any metadata about your messages, whereas WhatsApp collects some metadata, such as the phone numbers of the sender and recipient(s) and the time and date of the messages.This allows for a higher level of transparency and security, as opposed to WhatsApp's proprietary encryption protocol. Signal is an open-source project, which means that its code is publicly available for anyone to review and audit.Signal uses a more advanced encryption protocol called the Signal Protocol, which has been independently audited and is considered to be more secure than the encryption protocol used by WhatsApp.While WhatsApp does use end-to-end encryption for all its chats, there are a few reasons why Signal may be considered more private than WhatsApp.
The argument is that Signal Messenger is more private, but how would it be more private? And how does Signal rival WhatsApp? Signal messenger is marketed as a medium where you can speak freely
So now and again people ask me to message through Signal rather than through WhatsApp.
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