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As the norms for how people connect have changed, much of the communication that once took place through the medium of coffee shops, bars, and parks now takes place through the medium of digital devices. One side effect of this shift from analog to digital is the conjoined shift from the ephemeral to the eternal: words once transiently spoken are now – more often than not – data stored forever. We
First reported Aug 10, 2021 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
We all take on different roles in relation to our friends, neighbors, family members, and colleagues. Keep those different roles clear in your many Signal group chats by using group member labels, now available in the latest versions of Signal for Android, Desktop, and iOS. Read more...
First reported Mar 19, 2026 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
We recently released encrypted video calling as an opt-in beta. We’ve spent the past month collecting feedback and addressing the issues that the Signal community found in order to get it ready for production. Today’s Signal release for Android and iOS enables support for end-to-end encrypted video calls by default, which also greatly enhances the quality of Signal voice calls as well. We think it
First reported Mar 13, 2017 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
2020 has seen its fair number of challenges and changes. We’ve all adapted to new ways of staying in touch, getting work done, celebrating birthdays and weddings, and even exercising. As more and more of our critical and personal moments move online, we want to continue to provide you with new ways to share and connect privately. Today, we’re launching group calls in Signal with the latest version
First reported Dec 14, 2020 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
The Signal Protocol is a set of cryptographic specifications that provides end-to-end encryption for private communications exchanged daily by billions of people around the world. After its publication in 2013, the Signal Protocol was adopted not only by Signal but well beyond. Technical information on the Signal Protocol can be found in the specifications section of our docs site. Today we are ha
First reported Sep 19, 2023 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
Private doesn’t mean lonely. Signal’s mission is to help you connect with people in a secure way. This means that you need to know which of your contacts are also on Signal. This is called “contact discovery” and it’s an essential part of any messaging app. Most other communications apps enable contact discovery by maintaining their own internal social graph or by uploading and storing your full a
First reported Aug 19, 2022 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
Today’s Signal release for Android and iOS includes beta support for video calls. This represents an entirely new calling infrastructure for Signal, and should increase voice call quality as well. We think it’s a big improvement, but we’re rolling it out in stages to collect feedback from people with different devices, networks, and regions in order to ensure there are no surprises when it’s enabl
First reported Feb 14, 2017 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
Groups are inherently social, and Signal is a social app. Whether you’re planning a surprise party, discussing last night’s book club meeting, exchanging photos with your family, or organizing something important, group messaging has always been a key feature of Signal. Signal provides private groups: the Signal service has no record of your group memberships, group titles, group avatars, or group
First reported Dec 09, 2019 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
At Open Whisper Systems, we’ve been developing open source “consumer-facing” software for the past four years. We want to share some of the things we’ve learned while doing it. As a software developer, I envy writers, musicians, and filmmakers. Unlike software, when they create something, it is really done — forever. A recorded album can be just the same 20 years later, but software has to change.
First reported May 10, 2016 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
New long-sleeve shirts and tote bags fresh from the Signal test kitchen: We build Signal for people all over the world. So, of course we wanted to reflect that same global outlook in our merch. Read more...
First reported Dec 13, 2023 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
Signal released end-to-end encrypted group calls a year ago, and since then we’ve scaled from support for 5 participants all the way to 40. There is no off the shelf software that would allow us to support calls of that size while ensuring that all communication is end-to-end encrypted, so we built our own open source Signal Calling Service to do the job. This post will describe how it works in mo
First reported Dec 15, 2021 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
The phenomenon of unsolicited and unwanted messaging dates back to the earliest communication platforms: from prehistoric cave graffiti and postal chain letters to popup ads and robocalls. To prevent spam, most online services rely on large-scale inspection of plaintext conversation content or detailed social-graph analysis to determine who is saying what to whom and whether or not that should be
First reported Nov 01, 2021 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
The latest Signal betas are rolling out today. Inside, you’ll find performance enhancements, a slew of bug fixes, improvements to the mute settings, and if you’re in the United Kingdom, you’ll see support for Signal Payments – a new feature that enables you to send and receive privacy focused payments as easily as sending or receiving a message. This is a beta feature in a beta build, but for thos
First reported Apr 06, 2021 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
The latest Signal beta for Android and iOS introduces support for Signal Profiles. Profiles allow you to add a picture and display name that will be shown alongside your existing phone number when communicating with other users. Conversations will feel more personal. Group threads will be less confusing. All of this is possible without sacrificing the privacy and security that you have come to exp
First reported Sep 06, 2017 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
Today’s beta release of Signal for Android and iOS includes support for read receipts. This is an optional new feature that gives you the ability to see and share when messages have been read. Something tells us that you might find this useful… Read more...
First reported Oct 03, 2017 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
Just over a week ago, we announced that Iranian censors had started blocking all Signal traffic in the country. As an interim solution to help people in Iran get connected again, we’ve added support in Signal for a simple TLS proxy that is easy to set up, can be used to bypass the network block, and will securely route traffic to the Signal service. This new connection method is supported in the l
First reported Feb 04, 2021 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
The latest Signal for Android release includes support for adding doodles, stickers, and text to images. This release also includes support for censorship circumvention in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Read more...
First reported Dec 21, 2016 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
At Open Whisper Systems, our goal is to make private communication simple. A year ago, we announced a partnership with WhatsApp and committed to integrating the Signal Protocol into their product, moving towards full end-to-end encryption for all of their users by default. Over the past year, we’ve been progressively rolling out Signal Protocol support for all WhatsApp communication across all Wha
First reported Apr 05, 2016 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows. This setting is automatically enabled by default in Signal Desktop on Windows 11. If you’re wondering why we’re only implementing this on Windows right now, it’s because the purpose of this setting is to protect your
First reported May 21, 2025 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
Companies like Facebook aren’t building technology for you, they’re building technology for your data. They collect everything they can from FB, Instagram, and WhatsApp in order to sell visibility into people and their lives. This isn’t exactly a secret, but the full picture is hazy to most – dimly concealed within complex, opaquely-rendered systems and fine print designed to be scrolled past. The
First reported May 04, 2021 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
The latest releases of Signal for Android, Desktop, and iOS are rolling out now with the ability to send optional link previews. This feature is built on the same foundation that has powered Signal’s animated GIF search for more than two years and that we have since expanded with additional privacy enhancements. We’re launching link previews with initial support for Imgur, Instagram, Reddit, and Y
First reported Feb 06, 2019 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
Registration Lock allows you to set a PIN that is required for account registration in addition to standard SMS-based verification. Today’s Signal beta release enhances the security of these PINs by transitioning them to use Secure Value Recovery. Read more...
First reported Jan 27, 2020 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
The latest Signal release includes some changes to the way safety numbers work. Safety numbers allow Signal users to verify the privacy of their communication with a contact, either by comparing a number or by scanning a single QR code. We recently introduced this new design as an update to Signal’s previous UX, which we felt was no longer adequate for what people had come to expect from Signal. L
First reported Nov 17, 2016 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
Signal is the world’s most widely used truly private messaging app, and our cryptographic technologies provide extra layers of privacy beyond the Signal app itself. Since launching in 2013, the Signal Protocol—our end-to-end encryption technology—has become the de facto standard for private communication, protecting the contents of billions of conversations in WhatsApp, Google Messages, and many o
First reported Nov 16, 2023 00:00 UTCCatalog metadata updated Oct 08, 2026 03:50 UTCOpen evidence record
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