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Private messaging, cryptography, protocol design, and the case for encryption.

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Proudly nonprofit #Privacy #Encryption #Nonprofit
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Nov 10, 2026
Back to Backups: A Year in Review #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Sep 28, 2026
Introducing Automatic Key Verification #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Aug 11, 2026
More linked devices are on the table (and the Android tablet) #Privacy #Messaging #Android
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Aug 4, 2026
Label yourself #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Mar 19, 2026
Put a pin in it #Privacy #Messaging #Encryption
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Jan 29, 2026
Signal Polls: Yes, no, maybe (yes!) #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Nov 19, 2025
Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets #Encryption #Security #Privacy
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Oct 2, 2025
Introducing Signal Secure Backups #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Sep 8, 2025
By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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May 21, 2025
A Synchronized Start for Linked Devices #Privacy #Encryption #Messaging
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Jan 27, 2025
Improving Private Signal Calls: Call Links & More #Privacy #Messaging #Security
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Nov 11, 2024
Proxy Please: Help People Connect to Signal #Privacy #Security #OpenSource
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Aug 9, 2024
Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Feb 20, 2024
Trend report: Use Signal #Privacy #Encryption #Messaging
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Dec 13, 2023
Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive #Privacy #Encryption #OpenSource
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Nov 16, 2023
New Features Roll Call: Fall 2023 #Privacy #Encryption #Messaging
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Nov 8, 2023
Quantum Resistance and the Signal Protocol #Encryption #Privacy #QuantumComputing
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Sep 19, 2023
Standing firm against threats to private and safe communication #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Mar 9, 2023
Signal is for everyone, and everyone is different #Privacy #Messaging #OpenSource
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Mar 7, 2023
Story Time #Privacy #Messaging #Encryption
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Nov 7, 2022
Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon) #Privacy #Messaging #Android
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Oct 12, 2022
Help people in Iran reconnect to Signal - a request to our community #Privacy #Encryption #Community
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Sep 22, 2022
A Message from Signal's New President #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Sep 6, 2022
Technology Deep Dive: Building a Faster ORAM Layer for Enclaves #Privacy #Encryption #Technology
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Aug 19, 2022
Signal Your Support #Privacy #Security #OpenSource
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May 16, 2022
You Can Change Your Number #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Feb 7, 2022
New year, new CEO #Privacy #Encryption #OpenSource
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Jan 10, 2022
How to build large-scale end-to-end encrypted group video calls #Encryption #Privacy #Tech
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Dec 15, 2021
Become a Signal Sustainer #Privacy #Encryption #OpenSource
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Dec 1, 2021
Improving first impressions on Signal #Privacy #Security #Messaging
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Nov 1, 2021
Embrace ephemerality with default disappearing messages #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Aug 10, 2021
The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you #Privacy #Encryption #SocialMedia
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May 4, 2021
Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Apr 21, 2021
Update on beta testing payments in Signal #Signal #Privacy #Payments
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Apr 13, 2021
Help us test payments in Signal #Privacy #Payments #SignalAppDev
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Apr 6, 2021
Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal #Privacy #Encryption #HumanRights
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Feb 4, 2021
No, Cellebrite cannot 'break Signal encryption.' #Privacy #Security #Encryption
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Dec 23, 2020
Adding Encrypted Group Calls to Signal #Privacy #Encryption #GroupCalls
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Dec 14, 2020
Link Up with Group Links #Privacy #Encryption #Messaging
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Oct 28, 2020