: Signal is experiencing technical difficulties, company is working to restore the service #IndiaNEWS #Apps Signal, which has snatched the top spot from WhatsApp in Apple Play Store is facing technical

Signal is experiencing technical difficulties, company is working to restore the service #IndiaNEWS #Apps
Signal, which has snatched the top spot from WhatsApp in Apple Play Store is facing technical issues. Some users took Twitter to complain about the recent downtime. After the Facebook-owned messaging app changed its privacy terms Signal saw a massive surge in new users. On top of that Tesla CEO added fuel after he asked users to use Signal. Signal app was downloaded almost 1.3 million times on Monday, according to data from Apptopia, a tracking firm.

Use Signal— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2021

Signal is an encrypted app that has emerged recently as a top alternative to WhatsApp just because of Whatsapps new privacy policy update. Today, Signal app is facing technical difficulties globally on both smartphone and desktop versions. Users are reporting that the Singal app is giving a slow response on the mobile version and dead on the Desktop.

Downloads of the end-to-end encrypted app Signal got high as users looked for alternatives to WhatsApp. Signal got 7.5 million installs within 5 days and counting.

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We can guess that the huge surge in users must be the reason for the slow server response. We still cannot predict the actual reason behind the recent downtime. Here is how Twitteratti reacting:

@signalapp something going on with the web app? I restarted and reinstalled and keep getting this error pic.twitter.com/gPprKQJkT8— Victor Nava (@vikonava) January 15, 2021

@signalapp is the app not working in UAE— @Rentweet (@Rencyeapen9) January 15, 2021

@signalapp is the app not working in UAE— @Rentweet (@Rencyeapen9) January 15, 2021

Elon Musk gave you free publicity and now your systems are crashing because you werent prepared for that level of bandwidth.Not a good look, Signal.— Switchblade Sam (@squirrelly1357) January 15, 2021

@signalapp is the app not working in UAE— @Rentweet (@Rencyeapen9) January 15, 2021

Anyone got issues with @signalapp ? Seems to be having a DDOS attack of some kind. Intermittant Bad Gateway errors. What a surprise as millions delete Fakebook Big Tech WhatsApp spyware.— banthebbc (@banthebbc) January 15, 2021

The company in its Twitter handle mentioned that it is working to restore the service.

Signal is experiencing technical difficulties. We are working hard to restore service as quickly as possible.— Signal (@signalapp) January 15, 2021