Signal Become No. 1 Free App

 Signal Become No.1 Free App on Google store in India , Beat WhatsApp 

Now Whats-app users are thinking about Signal app after WhatsApp updated its privacy policy which elaborates more on the data sharing with Facebook. Add to that, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also issued a call to ‘Use Signal’ to his millions of Twitter followers. Currently, the Signal app is topping charts. But what is Signal? Well it is a messaging app with a focus on privacy, and has been launched around since 2014.

Signal’s tagline is ‘Say Hello to Privacy’ and the service is end-to-end encrypted just like WhatsApp. In fact, WhatsApp uses the Signal protocol for its end-to-end encryption feature. But unlike WhatsApp, Signal is not owned by Facebook. So here your datas are not shared with any third party app. 

> Features of using Signal 

- Signal app is completely free to use. It lets users send messages, make audio and video calls with their friends, share photos, videos and links, similar to how other messaging apps work. In fact, it recently introduced the group video calling option in December 2020. One can also create groups on Signal, which are limited to 150 members. 

- In this app if you do create a group, everyone is not automatically added to the group. People are sent an invite and they have to accept the invite to join the Group, unlike WhatsApp where someone who has your contact can often add you straight to a group. And unless you change the setting on WhatsApp, everyone can directly add to you a group.

- Signal lets you individually reply to messages, send emoji-based reactions to a particular message, and even delete a particular message from the chat by choosing the ‘Delete for Everyone’ option. These are all features we’ve seen on other messages apps as well, including WhatsApp.

- Signal also has a disappearing messages feature. You can set disappearing messages on for each individual chat and choose the time ranging from 5 seconds to one week.

- The focus of Signal is on privacy entirely. The app is not just about offering end-to-end encryption, but chooses to collect minimal user data, without compromising on features.

> Backup Chats in Signal

- Here chat backup is not available , unlike WhatsApp . So if you lose access to your old phone, and set up Signal once again on a new device, all previous chats will be gone. Signal says all messages, pictures, files, and other contents are stored locally on your device. If you have your old device, you can transfer the data, but if you lost your phone or cleared the data on your phone, or changed your number, then chats cannot be restored.

> Privacy features of Signal 

- Signal has plenty of privacy-focused features. For one, Signal’s privacy settings have an option of ‘Relay Calls’ where the calls go through a Signal server to avoid revealing your IP address to your contact. But enabling this does reduce call quality, according to Signal, and might not be necessary for everyone.

- It also offers the option to turn on or off Read Receipts, where someone can see when you have read their messages. It also gives an option to turn on or off typing indicators to show when a message is being typed. Plus there is no feature like Status as seen on WhatsApp, which can show when you are online. 

- Signal also lets users turn off link previews from websites if you send those in messages. There’s also a security PIN you can set up to keep your account safe. One can set PIN reminders to ensure that Signal keeps asking you for the same. Remember this PIN can’t be recovered if you forget it, though Signal does let you change it from the setting. If you forget the PIN though, you might lose access to your account. 

- Signal also has a Screen Lock feature, where you can rely on Touch ID, FaceID or your device’s passcode to access the app. However, incoming calls and message notifications can be answered even if the Screen Lock is enabled. 

So do you want to know what data does Signal collect actually?

the only data that is collected is ‘Contact Info’, which is the phone number. According to Signal’s privacy policy, it is “designed to never collect or store any sensitive information.” All messages and calls on the app are end-to-end encrypted, meaning no third-party, nor Signal can access them.

So basically Signal Messenger is a secured messaging app and its service is end-to-end encrypted. It's customization privacy features are amazing. It's customizable privacy features are amazing. Hope you like to use this app to keep your conversation and data Safe.👍🙏.You can try this app at once by the link that I provided below.

Download link -: Google playstore

Size :- 35.61 MB 

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