Signal is the number-one downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?

What could possibly be driving this? And should everyone else be equally cautious?

This and other rhetorical questions answered below.

Signal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why? | TechCrunch

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has been flying high in the Dutch app stores this past month, sitting in pole-position for much of it.

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