Based on our record, Signal seems to be a lot more popular than Portal TV. While we know about 180 links to Signal, we've tracked only 4 mentions of Portal TV. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Just so you know: https://grapheneos.org/ and https://signal.org/ do exist! - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Signal works the same but without the user tracking from Meta/Facebook. Many people use it as well but I'm surprised that a majority sticks to WhatsApp. Source: 6 months ago
A question I often get is "Well are my text messages safe" The short answer is... Maybe? Depends on what type of phone you use, your carrier, and a bunch of other factors. One way to avoid this is to use an end-to-end encrypted text service like Signal if that is a concern of yours. VERY IMPORTANT NOTES: Telegram and WhatsApp are not secure. The way to think of this security is that if is retained by a server... Source: 6 months ago
The linked page is on signalusers.org, but Signal's regular home site is https://signal.org/. I'm looking all over signal.org for some link from there to signalusers.org, as that would make me more relaxed about the authenticity of the latter -- i.e., that it really is run by the same people who run signal.org. Yes, maybe I'm being paranoid. But we're talking about an app whose whole purpose is secure... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
WhatsApp and Signal: Of course I’m going to conclude with the point to point encrypted communication apps Signal and WhatsApp. Most of our clients around the world communicate in these apps more than they make phone calls or send emails. Set up an account in each app and start leveraging the text, photo, phone and video features to have easy and fast conversations with your global contacts. See https://signal.org... Source: 12 months ago
If you don't hate Facebook the Portal TV is actually a great piece of hardware. If you have privacy concerns you can just unplug it when not in use. Source: almost 3 years ago
If you don't mind Facebook invading your house, I find their Portal TV peripheral to be good since the screen size is much larger. https://portal.facebook.com/products/portal-tv/ There's another portal model that's as big as a small mirror. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago
Maybe something like the Facebook Portal TV? Source: about 3 years ago
You're absolutely sure you mean Portal TV? Not one of the ones with it's own screen, but the webcam-looking thing that clips to the top of the TV? Https://portal.facebook.com/products/portal-tv/. Source: about 3 years ago
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