General
Tesla boss Elon Musk gives wrong Signal, as consumers dump WhatsApp over ‘badly timed’ decision
No-one had heard of this small American company called “Signal Advance” until last week — when Elon Musk accidentally made it famous.
Key points:
- WhatsApp users have until February 8 to accept its new privacy policy, or their accounts will be deleted
- The company says it can’t see your private messages or hear your calls, and won’t share your contacts with Facebook
- Downloads of encrypted messaging apps, Signal and Telegram, are surging
In a deceptively cryptic tweet, the world’s richest man told his 42 million followers to just: “Use Signal.”
Many of them followed that order blindly, and it led to a very expensive mistake.
They thought Mr Musk was telling them to buy shares in a small medical device firm (Signal Advance). So they did,…
-
Noosa News20 hours agoLaidley e-scooter death: Tragic new details after Summah Richards killed in freak accident
-
General19 hours agoEaster drowning toll in NSW rises after fisherman swept off rocks in Sydney’s south
-
General21 hours agoMinjee Lee rallies after third-round meltdown to share fifth place at LA Championship
-
General14 hours agoUkraine says Russia has ramped up attacks despite ‘Easter truce’