Now is the time for you, and everyone you know, to switch from WhatsApp to Jami https://jami.net/

[Óvári]

Hi,

We don’t have a Twitter account; however, should a link to 
https://jami.net/ be added to:
https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1350165610936766464

Thank you

Óvári

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 _*WhatsApp*_ to _*Jami*_


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 WhatsApp delays take it or leave it privacy terms update until May

Meanwhile, Signal has so many new users that it fell over on the weekend.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/whatsapp-delays-take-it-or-leave-it-privacy-terms-update-until-may/

WhatsApp has announced 
<https://blog.whatsapp.com/giving-more-time-for-our-recent-update> that 
it will delay enforcing its new privacy terms from February 8 to May 15.

With little fanfare, in recent weeks, WhatsApp has presented users with 
a prompt to accept its new privacy terms by February 8, or risk not 
being able to use the app. In the wording used, WhatsApp says the new 
privacy policy will change how it partners with Facebook to "offer 
integrations", and that businesses can use Facebook services to manage 
WhatsApp chats.

After some online consternation about what Facebook could access, 
WhatsApp clarified last week 
<https://www.zdnet.com/article/whatsapp-says-no-we-cant-see-your-private-messages-and-neither-can-facebook/> 
that its changes were focused on how businesses used the app.

"We want to be clear that the policy update does not affect the privacy 
of your messages with friends or family in any way," the company said. 
"Instead, this update includes changes related to messaging a business 
on WhatsApp, which is optional, and provides further transparency about 
how we collect and use data."

By the end of the week though, the company decided to delay the changes 
until May, saying there was a "lot of misinformation" flying around.

"We're now moving back the date on which people will be asked to review 
and accept the terms. No one will have their account suspended or 
deleted on February 8," it said.

"We're also going to do a lot more to clear up the misinformation around 
how privacy and security works on WhatsApp. We'll then go to people 
gradually to review the policy at their own pace before new business 
options are available on May 15."

One of the benefactors of WhatsApp's changes has been Signal, which has 
seen so many users sign up to its service that its infrastructure fell 
over at the weekend.

"We have been adding new servers and extra capacity at a record pace 
every single day this week nonstop, but today exceeded even our most 
optimistic projections," the company tweeted 
<https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1350165610936766464>. "Millions 
upon millions of new users are sending a message that privacy matters."

Over a day later, the company said the service had resumed, however, 
some users have been seeing a "bad encrypted message" warning that 
requires users to reset the session 
<https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1350631024351346689>. Signal said 
its next update will automatically fix this issue.