In an ideal world where everyone cares about their privacy, WhatsApp would have zero users. However, it is not that ideal world. Zuck has access to all of your messages [although he claims he does not] and all of my friends and family are using the service. As much as I want to switch to Telegram or Signal, I cannot. My family do not care or are not bothered.
Let's make that ideal world a possibility by showing you the 2 alternatives to WhatsApp that are popular.
Signal
You've heard of it. It's an open-source WhatsApp replacement with true E2EE. If you like WA, this is for you. Signal >> Home
It has fewer features than WA, but is growing fast and has over 105 million downloads, and has been peer-reviewed like crazy. If you're paranoid, check the source.
Telegram
This is more of a drop-in replacement to Discord, but is similar to Signal. It has features called groups that can be shared with a link, unlike WhatsApp groups which spread through word of mouth. While WA is very closed-down by nature and Discord is very open by nature, Telegram is somewhere in between. It's also open-source.
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