free, not for profit, end to end encrypted
don't assume anything you do on your phone is secure. that said, in transit, it is encrypted and is likely one of the best options considering the alternatives.
Signal is a centralized system that uses your phone number to identify you, and uses a third-party (Twilio, recently hacked) to verify your number.
Not exactly a screaming endorsement.
It was developed with a CIA grant.
Signal is not safe against state actors. But you're an idiot if you're using your phone and believe anything on it is safe from state actors. It's literally a listening device and can do so without calls. Apple and Android have full control to listen, install, or uninstall whatever they wish on the devices. This is the primary reason batteries are no longer removable on most devices. If it's not removable, it designed to be a listening device.
Signal and several other apps in class are only intended to provide privacy with your ISP and LAN. Nothing more. Nothing Less.
That is pretty much what he was saying. Good privacy for the most part from 99 percent of the public but useless if you're hiding from alphabet agencies.
No, it's not. The phone requirement is one of the glaringly obvious failures of the system.
Well, I am not doing anything nefarious so I guess trampling my rights is A-Okay!!
(((signal))) There you go guy!
It's all I use, works well.
Used it a while back to talk to this American lass. Worked pretty well as I recall. Clear audio, no lag.
I don't work for signal.
It’s open source, if you know how to analyze code you can check it and see what’s going on under the hood.
It's better than other similar apps like telegram. But is has it's problems, watch https://media.ccc.de/v/mch2022-196-signal-you-were-the-chosen-one- for some explanation off some.
Right on, thank you.
Any attempt to obfuscate communications is going to cause additional attention and scrutiny. Just assume everything is compromised.
Not really, a lot of people use the app.
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