News & Reviews: signal
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Aug 16, 2022
Encrypted messaging service Signal has revealed that the personal data of its users may have been compromised after its verification services provider, Twilio Inc fell victim to a phishing attack. In a blogpost yesterday, Signal said that the phone number of 1900 users could have been revealed by the incident.
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Apr 06, 2021
Due to WhatsApp's privacy issues, Signal has risen to fame after Tesla's CEO Elon Musk subtly promoted the app by tweeting 'Use Signal'. After that, the messaging app has recorded a surge in new users and caused the company to experience verification codes delay. Now, it is found out that the person who owns WhatsApp is also a user of Signal.
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Jan 13, 2021
Following WhatsApp's new privacy policy update, many users are jumping ship to another messaging platform such as Signal. Another popular messaging app is Telegram which has been around for quite some time now, and they have just reached a new milestone with 500 million active users.
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Jan 11, 2021
Some of you might have already gotten a new message ping from WhatsApp about the new privacy policy which will be shared with Facebook. While they claimed it's for marketing and ads purpose, many see this as an intrusion to their privacy and Elon Musk is telling everyone to switch to Signal.
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Mar 04, 2020
Waze has recently introduced the Waze Beacon which is a battery-operated electronic that transmits real-time traffic data to devices in locations where GPS signals could not be received such as a tunnel. The aforementioned beacons are not exclusive to Waze as they can be used by any application that requires location data.
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