Cybersecurity
WhatsApp Rival Signal Reports Growing Pains as New Users Surge
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Signal, an encrypted messaging app that competes with other services including Facebook’s WhatsApp, said Thursday that verification codes used to create new accounts were delayed because of a flood of new users.
“We are working with carriers to resolve this as quickly as possible,” the non-profit foundation said in a tweet. “Hang in there.”