Everyone talks about Signal after WhatsApp will announce the change of its privacy policies. There are those who do not want their data to be shared with Facebook, so they already see in Signal a new space where they can interact with their contacts.
In privacy matters, Signal is the best option between Telegram and WhatsApp; however, there are things you will have to sacrifice. What can they be? The Xataka portal made a fairly complete relationship about what aspects are those that you will miss in Signal if you leave WhatsApp.
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Telegram |
Signal |
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Shipping confirmation |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Read confirmation - Advertisement -
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Click indicator |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Voice calls |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Video calls |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Group chats |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Send photos and videos |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Voice notes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Video notes |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Send GIFs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Location shipping |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sending contacts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sending files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Personal cloud |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Group video |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Sticker system |
Yes |
Yes, and animated |
No |
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Mandatory contact access |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Screenshot lock |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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End-to-end encryption |
Yes |
Only in secret chats |
Yes |
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Temporary messages |
Yes |
Only in secret chats |
Yes |
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Notification without messages |
No |
No |
Yes |
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App blocking on mobile |
Yes native |
Yes |
Yes |
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Confidential sender |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Record lock |
No |
No |
Yes |
Keep in mind that Signal, Unlike WhatsApp, it has some extra options such as the activation of confidential sender to send messages to strangers without sharing your profile or blocking your registration so that only you can reuse your number to log in on another device.
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It must be taken into account that the new WhatsApp They will not cause the messages to be read by Facebook and third parties, but they will have access to the contact list, location, in-app purchases, usage data and other important metadata for Facebook business purposes.
WHATSAPP | Come out front
The communiqué of WhatsApp It takes place after having announced the binding nature of the conditions and privacy policies for all its users. Those who do not agree with WhatsApp sharing community data with Facebook and other affiliated companies will not be able to continue using the application.
“We want to address some rumors and be 100% clear: we continue to protect your private messages with end-to-end encryption”, public WhatsApp on his Twitter account.
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WhatsAppIn addition, it published an image with all these points about what it does and what not with the data of its users.