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Signal on the outside, Signal on the inside

A few months ago we completed the process of unifying all of our apps across Android, iOS, and the Desktop under the name ‘Signal.’ This simplified the language around our apps and eliminated a lot of confusion. Now we’re doing the same thing “inside” our apps by renaming Axolotl to Signal Protocol. Axolotl has been the name of the cryptographic protocol that our apps use for end-to-end encryption

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
Signal on the outside, Signal on the inside
First reported
Mar 30, 2016 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Mar 30, 2016 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTC
Record ID
88bd1bb9d4d7c6f59f18c4079eb95b8ecd4b9ea0fd6f49314e9d12cf7296b25c

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src_1b0ea7addf33a18b0f

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Mar 30, 2016 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTC

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