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Top headlines: Budget 2021, WhatsApp pay, purchase of vaccine, and more

Here are the top business headlines on Friday

Signal sees rise in daily installs as people look for WhatsApp alternatives

About 810,000 users globally installed Signal on Sunday, nearly 18-fold compared with the download numbers on Jan. 6, the day WhatsApp updated its privacy terms

Move on to Signal now, says Paytm founder amid WhatsApp privacy row

Sharma along with Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey and others is urging users to protect their privacy by moving on to Signal app

Explained: Concerns over WhatsApp's new privacy policy and options for you

Listen to the podcast to know that if you tap on 'agree' for WhatsApp's new privacy policy, what exactly you are signing up for?

WhatsApp advises users after group chat links seen again on Google search

WhatsApp on Monday said that they have asked Google not to index such chats and advised users not to share group chat links on publicly accessible websites

WhatsApp's new privacy policy pushes users to rival messaging app Signal

Rival messaging app Signal emerged from oblivion to hit the top slot as the most downloaded communication application (app) in the country on Sunday

WhatsApp: New update does not change data-sharing practices with Facebook

The update has received criticism from a multitude of users globally

Users shun WhatsApp to join Telegram, Signal amid rising data concerns

At about 500 million users and growing, Telegram has become a major problem for the Facebook corporation

Unsure of using WhatsApp? These 3 instant messaging apps are free, secure

Business Standard lists three WhatsApp alternative that are free to use

Messaging app Signal sees surge in new users after Elon Musk vouches for it

Encrypted messaging app Signal saw a significant surge in new users signing up for its platform after Elon Musk tweeted to his 41.5 million followers to use the app

WhatsApp's new privacy policy: What changes and why it's a worry

Users must agree to the changes, or they won't be able to use WhatsApp

WhatsApp updates privacy policy, makes Facebook data sharing mandatory

The users have at least one month's notice before the privacy policy and terms go into effect in February 2021

WhatsApp updates terms of service, privacy policy around data

WhatsApp has updated its terms of service and privacy policy regarding how it processes user data and partners with Facebook to offer integrations

Accept WhatsApp's revised policies by Feb 8 to continue using its services

WhatsApp users received an in-app notification on Wednesday asking them to either accept the changes in its Terms of Service and privacy policy by February 8 or their accounts will be deleted

WhatsApp to stop working on these smartphones from January 1

WhatsApp will stop working for some iPhones as well as Android smartphones starting January 1, 2021.

WhatsApp means Business, joins payments companies in race for revenue

Even as Paytm, PhonePe and Amazon Pay collectively lost $1 billion in FY19, WhatsApp has come up with Business, its first revenue-making initiative in India

Google, Microsoft back Facebook lawsuit against NSO group over surveillance

WhatsApp accused the spyware maker of using a since-closed vulnerability in the messaging service to install spyware on the phones of at least 1,400 users

In push to digital payments, WhatsApp Pay now live ln India for 20 mn users

The feature has been launched with support from banking partners State Bank of India, HDFC, ICICI, and Axis Bank

WhatsApp Pay is easy to use, but take a few extra security measures

Make sure you guard against fraudsters who may try to trick you into sending them money

Cracking NEET to cooking up a storm: 5 stories that you might have missed

From Tamil Nadu girl cooking 46 dishes in 58 minutes to six students from Mumbai slum cracking NEET, here are five news items that are equally important and interesting in their own ways but failed to grab limelight.