Telegram and Signal top the list of the world’s most-downloaded applications of January 2021, according to Sensor Tower. This success can be seen as a direct consequence of WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy — expanding data sharing with its parent company, Facebook — which has sparked concern among users.
Ever since WhatsApp announced the controversial privacy policy update, which has now been pushed back three months, many users have been looking for alternative messaging solutions promising greater user privacy, such as Telegram and Signal, two of January’s most popular applications.
Telegram was the world’s most downloaded mobile app of January 2021, with over 63 million…
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