If Signal Is So Hot on Privacy, Why Did It Tell Everyone I Joined?

You can’t quietly join Signal (Photo by Ahmed Hasan on Unsplash)

Signal is enjoying a surge up the app charts at the moment, as people flock from Facebook-owned WhatsApp, amid uncertainty about how much WhatsApp data is being fed to the mothership.

Signal is laying it on thick with the privacy message. The app is listed as Signal Private Messenger. “Signal’s advanced privacy-preserving technology is always…