But can it deliver on its promise?
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HalloApp hopes to build a private, friends-only social internet, free from algorithms and creepy advertising.
It comes fromtwo members of the original WhatsApp team.
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There are two kinds of social media.
The other is the WhatsApp model, which is more private, and mostly built around your real friends.
Thats whereHalloApp comes in.
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The design is so clean that its a relief just to look at the screenshots.
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But a well-designed app isnt enough to create a successful social data pipe.
The barrier is the connection itself.
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To be useful, your family and friends have to be there.
But perhaps the promise of privacy is enough to tempt them.
Some even lost their trust using any messaging apps.
Private or Not?
But its not all good news.
But your address book isnt your data.
Perhaps the lesson here is that all social networks compromise your privacy to some extent.
The important part is what the services do with the data.
Its possible that HalloApps use of Google Analytics is innocent, but who knows?
It might be better for you to stick with plain messaging apps like iMessage and Signal.
