Best WhatsApp Alternatives for Privacy and Security in 2021
Are you considering ditching WhatsApp for a more private and secure messaging application? With the new privacy guidelines set to take effect by May 15, the search for a more reliable app has intensified over the last few weeks. Alternatives abound, but we will see the five best alternatives for the WhatsApp messaging App.
Best WhatsApp Alternatives for Privacy and Security in 2021
Are you considering ditching WhatsApp for a more private and secure messaging application? With the new privacy guidelines set to take effect by May 15, the search for a more reliable app has intensified over the last few weeks. Alternatives abound, but we will see the five best alternatives for the WhatsApp messaging App.
Secure video calling is in high demand. As an alternative to Zoom, many people are using end-to-end encrypted apps such as WhatsApp, FaceTime or Signal to speak to friends and family face-to-face since coronavirus lockdowns started to take place across the world. There’s another option—secure communications app Telegram just added video calling to its feature set, available on both iOS and Android. The new feature is also super secure—like Signal and WhatsApp and unlike Zoom (yet), video calls will be end-to-end encrypted.
Why Telegram?
Telegram has no known backdoors and, even though it is come in for criticism for using proprietary encryption methods instead of open-source ones, those have yet to be compromised. While no messaging app can guarantee a 100% impermeable defense against determined attackers, Telegram is vulnerabilities are few and either theoretical or based on spoof files fooling users into actively enabling an attack.
