Iran blocks Signal after Iranians flocked to the messaging service due to privacy concerns about WhatsApp
many of whom fled WhatsApp due to its sharing data with Facebook. Seems like a good time for a reminder of why Telegram is probably not the more-private-than-WhatsApp messaging app you're looking for. https://www.wired.com/...
Ever since Signal simultaneously hit #1 on the 🇮🇷 Play Store and #1 on the 🇮🇷 government's block list, we've been working around 🇮🇷 censorship. Unable to stop registration, the IR censors are now dropping all Signal traffic. Iranian people deserve privacy. We haven't given up.
Telegram just hit half a billion monthly users—many of whom fled WhatsApp due to its sharing data with Facebook. Seems like a good time for a reminder of why Telegram is probably not the more-private-than-WhatsApp messaging app you're looking for. https://www.wired.com/...