Follow the disastrous announcement from changes to its privacy policy, WhatsApp is losing the trust of millions of users who are now looking for a new encrypted messaging platform. Telegram claims to have added 100 million new users this month alone, and he hopes the new ability to transfer WhatsApp chat history will speed up the transition.
Telegram has a move-history tooIt allows users to import their chats from WhatsApp, Line and KakaoTalk. According to the company, videos and documents will also be transferred to Telegram. Here’s how to do it on WhatsApp:
To move a chat from WhatsApp to iOS, make the Contact details or Group information page in WhatsApp, tap Perform chat, then select Telegram in the share menu.
Open a WhatsApp chat on Android, tap ⋮ > More> Perform chat, then select Telegram in the share menu
The company said that chats would be added to Telegram on the day it was imported, but that it would still contain the original timestamps for reference. It also added some tweaks to the audio player, new greeting stickers, updated animations on Android and the ability to report fake accounts.
As for the encrypted messages, trust and security. Signal has had the best reputation for some time when it comes to these features, but some users are put off by the lack of features. But that is changing fast. His beginning roll out updates to its Android and iOS apps today, chat backgrounds, add an ‘About’ field for profiles, animated stickers, and more efficient data usage. The effort to make Signal friendlier for new users is causes some controversy at the small non-profit, as some employees are afraid to complicate the app, it can lead to the same amount of problems plaguing social media networks. But there is still every reason to believe that Signal is the best private messages app out there.
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WhatsApp uses Signals coding protocol, but it collects more metadata on users and, well, it’s owned by Facebook. After people announced some changes in the privacy policy that only affect the exchange of data as it applies to messages to a business, people dreaded. And the company it moaned since then it has been a victim of misinformation and misunderstanding. One could argue that users overreact, but Facebook lost the privilege of gaining the benefit of the doubt. WhatsApp’s founders leave the company warning that Facebook violates its mission to protect the privacy of users, and one of them, Brian Acton, is to Signal.
Despite all this, WhatsApp still felt comfortable enough to announce the addition of face, thumbprint and eye scan on Thursday. It promised users that biometric data would be handled on the device and could not collect the information.
Use Signal if you are tired of trusting that Facebook will keep its promises.