On this site I share why I ask parents to choose Signal over WhatsApp for class groups and how to make that switch. I created this site to answer recurring questions in one place. My concern centres on the amount of data WhatsApp and its owner, Meta, collect about us and our children. Parent groups link us to our children across Meta’s services, building detailed profiles before children ever have a chance to opt in. Signal provides the same core messaging with much better privacy, in exchange for slightly less convenience.
- Privacy-Conscious Messaging Apps for Parents - Why I started asking parents to use Signal instead of WhatsApp for our class groups.
- How can WhatsApp be tracking our children already? - How Meta might already know about our children before they even join WhatsApp.
- Parent Groups: Navigating WhatsApp, Signal, and Classlist - Every September, I end up in WhatsApp groups despite having an official school app and more privacy-friendly alternatives.