ADVERTISEMENT
Monday, January 30th 2023
Today's Paper
The Kashmir Monitor
đź”’ Log in
đź’˛ Contribute
No Result
View All Result
  • LatestLive
  • News
  • Kashmir
  • India
  • World
  • Politics
  • Editorial
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Health
  • Tech-Film
  • Auto
  • Crypto
  • Travel
The Kashmir Monitor
  • LatestLive
  • News
  • Kashmir
  • India
  • World
  • Politics
  • Editorial
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Health
  • Tech-Film
  • Auto
  • Crypto
  • Travel
The Kashmir Monitor
No Result
View All Result
Home Latest News

Not Signal or Telegram: Millions are choosing this Turkish app over WhatsApp

Monitor News Desk by Monitor News Desk
Jan. 14, 2021 Updated 11:06 am. IST
A A
Not Signal or Telegram: Millions are choosing this Turkish app over WhatsApp


In the last few weeks, millions of users have switched over to Telegram and Signal after a controversial WhatsApp update making people question the privacy issue.

ADVERTISEMENT

However, it is not just Telegram and Signal that are benefitting from this mass migration. A Turkish messaging application, BiP is also gaining a lot of followers.

AlsoRead

‘The Redwood’: Asia’s only surviving plant species discovered in Kashmir; CSIR declares it heritage tree’

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: ADC, SP Awantipora inaugurate CBC’s three-day multimedia exhibition

Efforts being made to empower citizens, enable them to play bigger role in society: LG

According to a report by Daily Sabah, an English daily in Turkey, the number of new users installing BiP has soared into the millions in the days following the update to Facebook-owned WhatsApp’s privacy policy.

“Around 2 million users per day have installed BiP, developed by mobile phone operator Turkcell, over the last few days,” the newspaper quoted Turkcell General Manager Murat Erkan saying on Wednesday, with the figure eclipsing download numbers prior to Jan. 6, the day WhatsApp updated its privacy terms.

The surge in downloads comes after WhatsApp, which boasts over 2 billion users, introduced controversial changes to its privacy conditions that will allow it to share more data with its parent company Facebook.

ADVERTISEMENT

“A bad neighbor makes one a property owner,” said Erkan, referring to a Turkish saying.

“Some 6.4 million people have switched to BiP since Friday. In this environment, BiP is seen as a safe haven. We are going head-to-head with Telegram right now,” he told Turkish Sabah daily, referring to the rival messaging app, which has also seen a significant spike in users.

The number of people downloading the local messaging app has reached 60 million, according to Erkan, who said they now look to exceed 100 million users in a few months.

The move and widespread criticism this week prompted Turkey’s Competition Board (RK) and Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) to launch two separate probes into WhatsApp and Facebook over the new data-sharing rules.

Privacy advocates have questioned the move, citing Facebook’s track record in handling user data, with many suggesting users migrate to platforms such as BiP, Telegram and Signal.

Erkan stressed the importance that BiP attaches to user data as well as security and privacy.

“We are like a bank vault here; we do not see anything. We keep user data in encrypted vaults. And only the customer knows the password, and only users can open the safe themselves. So, the customer has the key to the safe,” Erkan explained.


Comments 3

  1. Avatar of kas kas says:
    2 years ago

    I can see Bip is Good app I am Seeing quiet Good FEATURES IN bIP THAN sIGNAL AND tELEGRAM

  2. Avatar of Hindu Hindu says:
    2 years ago

    Fake news propaganda…

  3. Avatar of Jude Jude says:
    2 years ago

    Fake news,
    only 1.1 million downloads
    20th jan 2021

Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Whatsapp
Logo

© 2023 The Kashmir Monitor - All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Latest News
  • Lead Stories
  • News
  • Kashmir
  • India
  • World
  • Politics
  • Education
  • Business
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Editors’ Picks
  • Videos
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech-Film
  • Today’s Paper

© 2023 The Kashmir Monitor - All rights reserved.