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Signal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why? (techcrunch.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago

Wrong again. Please research before you start shouting.

WhatsApp uses the Signal protocol. The difference is, it being owned by Meta, it also logs all the metadata it can alongside your real phone number.

Signal messenger uses the Signal protocol. Contrary to WhatsApp, it does not store any metadata. Your phone number is used by the Signal protocol merely as a cryptographic hash. That means, it's impossible to know who is communicating with whom.

It is not replacing "one system" with "another system". It essence, signal is WhatsApp, but with all the added spying features stripped, none added.