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    TALK SAFER: APPS TAKE PRIVACY FIGHT TO FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE

    Jan 23, 2021 5 minutes

    As messaging giant WhatsApp prepares to hand over more data to Facebook, users are flocking to rival services in protest, with Signal jumping from 250,000 downloads on the App Store a week to almost 10 million. The move sparks debate over the relationships we hold with the world’s biggest technology companies and a new war on privacy is rearing its head.

    WHATSAPP CONTROVERSY

    As Facebook continues to integrate its Messenger, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp services to harvest more data from consumers and to futureproof itself against anti-trust investigations and growing pleas to break itself up, the company announced early January that it was planning to make changes to its privacy policy. For the first time, the application will begin sharing information about what you share on the app with Facebook, designed to build a stronger picture of users and deliver more effective advertising as a result. The firm added a pop-up to its .

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