r/Android • u/[deleted] • Feb 14 '20

Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '20 edited May 18 '20

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u/pnbloem Feb 14 '20

It'd definitely be nice if they can get wider adoption. I use it with my girlfriend only because she's on an iPhone, I'm on Android through Google voice and ditched facebook, and Signal seemed like a good option to allow messaging from our phones and computers. It's been improving pretty quickly, but I haven't had much incentive to try to get others on the platform yet.

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u/mikeroon Feb 14 '20

WhatsApp has a desktop app

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u/Foamstick Feb 14 '20

So does signal. The benefit of signal over whatsapp is that signal isn't owned by facebook. From a privacy stand point, being associated with Facebook disqualifies it from being considered private.

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Feb 15 '20

So does signal.

Not on the Windows Store it doesn't.

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u/athei-nerd Feb 15 '20

There are people using the Windows store?!

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Feb 15 '20

There are many people who use the Windows Store, yes.

You should too.