Switch to signal and dump Whatsapp
So why switch from your existing messenger app being whatsapp to a totally different app? Seems a little overboard to make a fairly big change such as this one, since you have family, friends and perhaps even business on your whatsapp collected over years.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — WhatsApp said on Tuesday that a security breach on its messaging app had signs of coming from a government using surveillance technology developed by a private company, and it may have targeted human rights groups. (Snippet from below link).
“WhatsApp has made a mockery out of our fundamental right to privacy while discharging a public function in India, besides jeopardizing the National Security of the country by sharing, transmitting and storing the users data in some [other] country and that data, in turn, will be governed by the laws of that foreign country,” the petition, which is expected to be heard Friday, reads. (Snippet from below link).
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/14/whatsapp-faces-legal-challenge-over-privacy-in-its-biggest-market/
As you can see article after article is pretty much saying that whatsapp cannot be trusted. Signal or Telegram is a better option and perhaps even BRIAR. Keep in mind that with BRIAR all your messages go through the TOR network, just as a heads up. Being more or less secure, is hard to say, perhaps some could comment on it, but for simplicity, switching to Signal may just be a simple and better choice than whatsapp.
