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Signal

🌎 signal.org

Signal is a nonprofit organization that develops open source privacy technology, focusing on secure global communication through its end-to-end encrypted messaging app. It aims to protect privacy rights and promote free expression, providing users with a simple and secure messaging experience. Millions use Signal daily for private messaging, voice, and video calls, with a commitment to user privacy and security.

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Signal - Latest News and Updates

• Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, stated that Signal would leave France if a proposed law requiring backdoors in encrypted messaging apps is passed.
• France is proposing a law that would require Signal and other encrypted messaging services to provide decrypted data to law enforcement or face significant fines.
• Signal plans to leave Sweden if a proposed law requiring backdoors in communication apps is passed.
• Signal updated its app to allow starting a chat with a username even if the '@' symbol is mistakenly included, as of February 27, 2025.
• Signal removed the Android Engineer role from their open positions and shifted their social media presence from Twitter to Bluesky, Mastodon, and X.

• Signal is now available on F-Droid, the open-source app catalog for Android.
• Meredith Whittaker, President of the Signal Foundation, criticized WhatsApp's data collection practices, emphasizing that metadata is highly sensitive and Signal collects minimal metadata to enhance user privacy.

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