Signal: The Most Secure Messaging App
In the last few months, there have been many speculations that well-known social media and messaging apps have privacy concerns and biases. People have grown skeptical of them, and some have even switched to conventional SMS services. Their fears seem justifiable because of several cases of possible collusions of major social media sites. But recently, one app has been benefited because of the growing mistrust between people and social media giants. The Signal app is a very secure way of sending texts, audios, and videos to groups and individuals. Since the messages are going to be encrypted, your privacy concerns can be put to rest. The app is experiencing a sudden growth in its user base, so let’s look at the app and its features to see what makes it so unique. Origins of Signal In 2010, two apps were launched by a company called Whisper Systems. Text Secure was one of the apps, which was made to send encrypted messages to groups or an individual. There was another app th...