In October 2021, Facebook (now Meta), and all its platforms (Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) shut down across the globe for up to six hours, leaving billions without a messaging service. While Facebook engineers scrambled to fix the problem, users pivoted to other apps to stay connected. In the wake of the outage, Telegram added 70 million users, according to the platform’s founder Pavel Durov.
While the Facebook outage was due to a routine maintenance error, the event led many to wonder about messaging app breaches and other issues. If someone switched from WhatsApp to Telegram, did they really end up with a more secure app? What makes a messenger app more secure? And what about the risks of using instant messages for business?
These questions matter, since we use messaging apps more and more in day-to-day life. This is especially relevant among international teams where rapid, affordable communication helps people work faster.
Messaging App Security Comparison
While there’s no consensus, messaging app security comparisons exist. But beware. What one source says is secure, another source might say otherwise.
Meanwhile, cybersecurity researcher Natalie Silvanovich from the Project Zero team at Google found a serious glitch in the Signal app. Using a ..
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