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Signal

PRIME PRIVACY.

Free, iOS/Android

When it comes to messaging applications, users are not starved for choice. There are literally dozens of different options that provide what are essentially the core communication features – voice and video calls, real-time text and image messaging, and, of course, broad emoji, and GIF support.

But with the recent scandals surrounding Facebook/Meta, who control two of the largest messaging applications – WhatsApp and Messenger – privacy concerns have come to the fore. Both of those applications store quite a lot of information, much of which has nothing to do with

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