Signal messaging app sees meteoric rise in daily installs as people look for WhatsApp alternatives
The number of new users installing messaging app Signal every day is on track to cross 1 million
Rival WhatsApp updated its privacy terms recently, reserving the right to share user data with its parent Facebook and units such as Instagram and Messenger
About 810,000 users globally installed Signal on Sunday, nearly 18-fold compared with the download numbers on January 6, the day WhatsApp updated its privacy terms, according to data from research firm Apptopia.