May 22, 2020

Signal secure messaging can now identify you without a phone number

Signal decouples its secure messaging service from your phone number - a bit.

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April 15, 2020

Signal: We’ll be eaten alive by EARN IT Act’s anti-encryption wolves

The Big Bad Wolves haven't blown the house down but did come up with a way to "hold the three little pigs responsible for being delicious," Signal said.

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February 26, 2020

Switch to Signal for encrypted messaging, EC tells staff

Formerly preferred diplomatic app WhatsApp apparently isn't up to snuff.

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October 08, 2019

Signal immediately fixed FaceTime-style eavesdropping bug

Remember the FaceTime bug that allowed a caller to eavesdrop on your phone? Researchers just discovered another - this time in Signal.

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March 04, 2019

Is a Facebookcoin in the works?

Facebook, Signal and Telegram are all planning cryptocurrencies. But why these companies, why now, and will they be successful?

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May 16, 2018

Serious XSS vulnerability discovered in Signal

Researchers have discovered a serious cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting all desktop versions of Edward Snowden’s favourite security application, Signal.

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May 03, 2018

Google and Amazon put an end to censorship-dodging domain fronting

Privacy services relying on the unsupported feature have been left high and dry

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September 29, 2017

Signal app’s address book security could upset governments

The app's novel approach turns Digital Rights Management on its head

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October 05, 2016

Feds secretly subpoenaed encrypted chat app Signal

They came away empty-handed, thanks to Open Whisper System's barebones logs on customers.

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