{"id":21152,"date":"2021-01-19T19:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T19:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=21152"},"modified":"2021-01-19T19:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T19:35:59","slug":"move-from-whatsapp-to-signal-and-telegram-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/miscellaneous\/move-from-whatsapp-to-signal-and-telegram-grows","title":{"rendered":"Move from WhatsApp to Signal and Telegram grows"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> When news broke that WhatsApp, a free messaging application, would require users to share their data with Facebook, privacy concerns emerged.<\/p>\n

The Facebook-owned app changed its privacy policy in January, asking users to accept new terms which would see it share data with its parent company. Failure to agree with the new terms meant that the users’ WhatsApp accounts would be deactivated.<\/p>\n

In the expected changes are details of what will be shared on Facebook, including account registration details like one\u2019s phone number, transaction data, service-related information, information on how you interact with others (including businesses) when using Whatsapp Services, mobile device information and your IP address.<\/p>\n

WhatsApp, a free messaging application available for Android and other smartphones, gained popularity in 2010.<\/p>\n

Huge contrast<\/strong><\/p>\n

The application offers mobile users the convenience of voice and video calls, free chats enabled by internet connection as well as easy sharing of photographs and other documents.<\/p>\n

Noela Oware, a content creator in Nairobi, says WhatsApp privacy concerns prompted her to move to Signal Messenger.<\/p>\n

Signal Messenger is a software similar to WhatsApp which allows one-on-one messages, group messages and sharing of images and files. The app was founded in 2018 and already has more than 20 million active monthly users.<\/p>\n

Ms Oware is not alone, there has been a switch to Signal by social media users wary of the new changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel that Signal is a lot more secure than WhatsApp because while setting it up, the application prompts you to answer many security questions. This is a huge contrast with WhatApp which only requires your phone number. The only inconvenience at the moment is that not enough people have moved, so the network reach is limited. I hope my friends can make the move quickly so that our usual communication may continue,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Collins Kithinji, a car salesman in Mombasa, believes Signal will be a good alternative to WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not fair for Whatsapp to share our data and contacts, how can we know for sure that they are not monitoring even our private conversations?\u201d said Mr Kithinji.<\/p>\n

Already, he is communicating with friends and family in the US through Signal.<\/p>\n

But Kithinji notes that Signal does not offer stories or status updates, like Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n

The WhatsApp status allows users to put up temporary posts that disappear within 24 hours to ensure constant interaction.<\/p>\n

Emerald Martins, a banker in Nairobi, says WhatsApp privacy concerns are especially worrying for business owners.<\/p>\n

Encryption protocol<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI have been trying out Telegram and Supfrica, although Supfrica seems to have been pulled down by hackers,\u201d says Martins.<\/p>\n

Telegram is another app benefiting from the exodus from WhatsApp.<\/p>\n

Telegram boasts of heavy encryption and self-destructing mesages. It was founded in 2013 and has more than 400 million active users.<\/p>\n

Vinnie, a tout, says Telegram has strict privacy features.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good thing about Telegram is that when on a Telegram group, group members cannot access each other\u2019s phone numbers. It\u2019s very intrusive for a stranger to be able to pick my number simply because we are in one group with similar interests,\u201d says Vinnie.<\/p>\n

Forbes has weighed in on the debate on which is better between WhatsApp and Signal.<\/p>\n

\u201cSignal\u2019s security is better than WhatsApp\u2019s. Both use Signal\u2019s encryption protocol, but whereas Signal\u2019s is fully opensource, meaning it can be examined for vulnerabilities by security researchers, WhatsApp uses its own proprietary deployment. But both are end-to-end encrypted\u2014your content is safe. WhatsApp\u2019s main security weakness is its cloud backup option, which stores your chat history, absent end-to-end encryption in Google\u2019s or Apple\u2019s cloud. Signal does not offer any such option, for security reasons,\u201d reads the piece by Forbes.<\/p>\n

According to Forbes, a move from WhatsApp to Telgram is regressive, and will not improve the social media user\u2019s experience or privacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTelegram does not offer end-to-end encryption by default. There is a \u201csecret chat\u201d option, where one user can message another using end-to-end encryption between the two devices and bypassing Telegram\u2019s cloud, but this does not extend to groups,\u201d reads the article by Forbes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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