Switching From WhatsApp To Signal? These 5 Tips And Tricks Will Be Useful
Friyana Munshi
Pune, January 11, 2021: In protest against WhatsApp’s new policy, a large number of users are creating their account on the Signal App. This is why the Signal app became the top free app by beating WhatsApp on the Apple App Store in India. Tesla CEO Elon Musk also advised his followers to use the Signal app.
Here are 5 tricks and tips that may prove to be useful
1. Set screen lock
Signal consists of a Screen Lock feature. This means that you have to enter a PIN or use a biometric lock to use this app. That is, even if you unlock your phone and give it to someone, it will not be able to use the signal app without your will. To enable this feature, go to Settings, then go to Privacy and turn on Screen Lock.
2. Turn off the Join Signal Notification
Like Telegram, this setting has also been made available on the Signal app. When someone from your contact list creates an account on the Signal app, you receive a notification. Such notifications can be annoying at times. To switch off such notifications, go to Settings, go to Notifications and then turn off the Contact Joined Signal feature.
3. Blur face in the photo
Due to privacy, while sending pictures we may not want the face to be visible. In such a situation, to blur that face we use various photo editing apps. This feature has already been provided in the Signal app to save extra effort and time. The app provides you with the ‘Automatic Face Blur Tool’. For this, tap on the + sign, tap on the picture you want to send, then tap the Blur button. You may then select the part you wish to blur.
4. Send disappearing messages
WhatsApp recently introduced the disappearing messages feature. However, it was made available on signal much earlier. Messages sent through this feature disappear on their own after a time limit. This also keeps your privacy. To use it, open the chat in the signal, tap on the name of the contact, and go to Disappearing Messages. It allows you to set a time limit of your choice.
5. Set Attachment View Limit
Another amazing feature on the signal app is that you can set whether you wish to send photos or videos that are viewed only once and then deleted. That is, the person in front may see that file after one week, but can see it only once. This is slightly different from the Disappearing Message feature. To use it, tap on the + sign, tap on the picture you want to send, then tap on the infinity icon (∞) at the bottom left.
