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Why you should donate money EVERY month!
Messaging app Signal is the safest, most private way for most people to chat with others. It’s also free and doesn’t make money from ads or selling your data to advertisers. People who rely on Signal for their security or personal safety may worry that this business model can’t be sustained, but now there’s something you can do to help: pay for the things you use.
“In this day and age where information and data are power, Signal is the only one that doesn’t even try to collect it. Signal’s core feature is end-to-end encryption, which is why so many people use Signal,” web design, SEO and social media expert Kyle Arnold told Lifewire via email.
Most large-scale messaging or social networks make money by offering the service for “free” to build a following, and then exploiting that user base, mining information from it to target ads. Signal does none of that.