Although WhatsApp is still the most popular instant messaging app in the world, it's no secret that other applications have gained millions of users in the past few months, especially thanks to the privacy policies implemented by WhatsApp.
E one of the apps that stands out the most is Signal, which unlike what many think, is not a new app, in fact it was launched on the market in 2014, but has recently gained popularity thanks to a recommendation made by his own Elon Musk.
The thing is, Signal is a great option to stop using WhatsApp, especially if you are looking for more privacy and security, and we show it to you in our comparison between Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp, but if you still have doubts, here we leave you 7 reasons why you should leave WhatsApp and switch to Signal.
7 reasons why you should say goodbye to WhatsApp and switch to Signal
We'll show you why Signal can be a better option than WhatsApp, albeit of course it all depends on what's important to you and what you really want from an instant messaging app.
More privacy
Without a doubt, Signal is the rival to beat when it comes to privacy, as although both applications have end-to-end encryption in all their conversations, Signal goes further, because does not record any kind of information from its usersUnlike WhatsApp which, although it cannot read your conversations, it tracks a lot of your data such as location, contacts, data usage, among others. And with the new steps they've taken to share your information with Facebook, the your privacy will be much more compromised.
Much larger groups
If we talk about creating a group of family or friends, perhaps this advantage does not interest you very much, but if we are talking about a work or information group, if you are interested in knowing that in Signal you can create groups of up to 1000 contacts, a much higher number than the 256 members that WhatsApp allows.
Disappearance of messages
Both WhatsApp and Signal have the ability to send messages that disappear, but in WhatsApp you can only configure it so that they disappear after 7 days from sending, while in Signal this option is customizable, so you can choose to delete them after a few seconds and this setup might be different for each chat you have.
Protect your identity
Signal has a very special option which allows you to blur faces in a photo, which can be ideal if you want to send a photo with a hidden face, you just have to edit it before sending it and you won't have to use any other external application to do it.
You can share large files
If there's one area where WhatsApp doesn't hold up well, it's in sending large files, that is WhatsApp only allows files with a maximum size of 16MB, while in Signal you can send the file of the size you need, as there are no limits.
Send messages to yourself
Signal, like Telegram, has the ability to create a conversation with yourself, very useful for saving a link, a file or any other important information you need. Although in WhatsApp you can also get it, but first you need to do this little trick.
The signal is open source
If you don't have a lot of computer knowledge, this might not seem like something significant, but it might also be the most important reason on the whole list why you should switch to Signal and leave WhatsApp behind.
To say that Signal is open source means all the programming of an application it is transparent to anyone who wants to study it, without secrets. All its source code is available on Github.
