How to get Signal’s Note to Self feature on WhatsApp

Signal includes a handy ‘Note to Self’ feature that allows users to send themselves messages, photographs, videos, and other files. However, WhatsApp does not include this feature. Worry not, in…

Signal fixed an old bug that sent random images to wrong contacts

Signal has fixed a bug in its Android app that caused random images to be sent to contacts in some cases.   The bug was first reported in December 2020;…

Hamburg DPA prohibits Facebook from collecting WhatsApp user data

Facebook recently announced that it would no longer delete accounts of users who did not approve its revised privacy policy by the previously mentioned May 15 deadline, instead opting to…

WhatsApp Privacy Policy update says users’ account won’t be deleted

  Facebook-owned WhatsApp has confirmed that it will not deactivate the accounts of users who refuse to follow its revised privacy policy, which will be implemented on May 15, but…

Signal testing a new payment feature with Mobilecoin’s MOB cryptocurrency

Signal also introduced support for MobileCoin, a payments network which provides its own cryptocurrency, MOB.   The popular encrypted messaging app, Signal is experimenting with a new peer-to-peer payment system…

Telegram launches voice chats 2.0, similar to Clubhouse’s audio chat

Voice Chats 2.0 also enables Group and Channel admins to record audio from voice chats and share it with participants who were unable to attend the live event   Telegram,…