I am trying to convince my group to switch from WhatsApp to Signal and we plan to vote on it soon. So, I plan to use the replies in this thread to compile a list of reasons to use as talking points. Preferably, I need something that can be understood on a personal level as some of my friends are deeply cynical and have no concern about escaping techno-feudalism and surveillance.
On one OS. You can tune Signal not to display the notification contents. Moreover, if you’re on iOS and actually expect privacy, you should probably reflect on your choices a little more.
Realistically iOS is more private than base android at this point
But not Graphene. I’ve yet to hear about this exploit on Android. Curious if it holds true.
They pulled the Signal messages from an iPhone… https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2026/04/10/fbi-pulled-deleted-signal-messages-from-an-iphone-without-breaking-encryption/
… Because the person had message previews in notifs turned on
But only thanks to Apples ability to see and obtain every notification that lands on your phone.
I’ll add this; A stock apple phone can not be made privacy centric.
A base android phone may not be as privacy respecting as apple, but can be made far more privacy respecting then the apple phone could ever possibly be
Sure, but it def depends on the manufacturer
Definitely