WhatsApp Rivals Signal, Telegram See Nearly 1,200 Percent Growth Ahead of Privacy Policy Deadline: Report
WhatsApp rivals Signal and Telegram have seen a nearly 1,200 percent growth ahead of the Facebook-owned instant messaging apps' May 15 deadline to accept a contentious privacy policy update, according to a report. Although WhatsApp recently took a step back and scrapped its last deadline, the public outrage that started in January has helped its two close alternatives attract new users. Both Signal and Telegram also utilised the outrage and took to social media platforms like Twitter to speak against WhatsApp's privacy policy. The alternative messaging apps also promoted their privacy aspects to gain over WhatsApp. Mobile apps analytics firm Sensor Tower has reported that Signal and Telegram saw a massive spike in their adoption in January. It was the time when WhatsApp was first spotted bringing its updated privacy policy that allows its parent company Facebook to gain user data access from the messaging app. The update was originally meant to be accepted by all us...