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Signal is the most private messaging app, but staff say it has no plans to prevent misuse

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<p>The announcement of a change to the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/whatsapp/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">WhatsApp[/url] privacy policy saw many users looking for the most private messaging app to use instead. <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/signal/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Signal[/url] and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/telegram/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Telegram[/url] were <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/07/whatsapp-alternatives-ios-mac/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the prime candidates in cross-platform apps[/url], with the former having <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/04/app-privacy-labels-messaging-apps/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the strongest privacy protections[/url], as no personal data is linked to users.</p>
<p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/18/group-sues-apple-for-allowing-telegram-on-app-store-claims-app-has-hateful-content/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple was subsequently sued[/url] by a former US ambassador for allowing Telegram on the App Store after it was used by hate groups to threaten violence, and now existing and former Signal employees have expressed concern that the not-for-profit messaging app is failing to address the same issue …</p>
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