The official Twitter handle of Signal on Saturday shared a screenshot, showing it placed above WhatsApp at the top spot in India. Signal began to witness a spike in downloads after users worldwide started receiving popups, asking them to agree to its revised policies before February 8 or lose their account.Ĭross-platform encrypted messaging service, Signal had climbed to the top spot in the free apps category of the App Store in multiple countries, including India. We're an independent 501c3 and our only investment is in your privacy.' Signal tweeted after people started investing in a different company with similar name: 'Is this what stock analysts mean when they say that the market is giving mixed Signals? It's understandable that people want to invest in Signal's record growth, but this isn't us. As far as encrypted messaging app Signal was concerned, it saw a significant surge in new users signing up for its platform after Musk, the world's richest person, tweeted to his 41.5 million followers to use Signal and apparently shun WhatsApp.

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