After over a decade spent creating Signal, Moxie has departed to focus on new efforts. As the founder of Signal, the work he did and the organization he built are the reason Signal exists. We are infinitely grateful. He remains a friend and a core part of the Signal legacy ❤️🙏
Basically a privacy policy change that wove them tighter into facebooks’s ecosystem and made it clear that Facebook would in no uncertain terms be collecting WhatsApp user data.
I was devastated when Android Signal removed SMS support. Since then I’m down to just 3 people that I still use signal with.
Its been a shame to see the direction its gone since the huge influx after the last WhatsApp controversy.
What happened with WhatsApp?
Basically a privacy policy change that wove them tighter into facebooks’s ecosystem and made it clear that Facebook would in no uncertain terms be collecting WhatsApp user data.
https://www.dw.com/en/whatsapp-controversy-highlights-growing-fears-about-data-privacy/a-56266093