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Video calls for Signal out of beta
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...
View ArticleSafety number updates
The latest Signal beta includes some changes to the way safety numbers work. Back in November, we introduced experimental support for “advisory” safety number changes, with the objective of collecting...
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Encrypted profiles for Signal now in public beta
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...
View ArticleTechnology preview: Private contact discovery for Signal
At Signal, we’ve been thinking about the difficulty of private contact discovery for a long time. We’ve been working on strategies to improve our current design, and today we’ve published a new private...
View ArticleRead receipts are coming to Signal
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....
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Standalone Signal Desktop
Signal Desktop is now available in a new, standalone form, and the Chrome App has been deprecated.
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Expanding Signal GIF search
Today’s Signal beta for iOS includes support for animated GIF search. Signal iOS has long supported sending and receiving GIFs, but today’s beta adds support for browsing and searching popular GIFs...
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Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryption to Skype
In collaboration with Signal, Microsoft is introducing a Private Conversations feature in Skype, powered by Signal Protocol.
View ArticleSignal Foundation
Long before we knew that it would be called Signal, we knew what we wanted it to be. Instead of teaching the rest of the world cryptography, we wanted to see if we could develop cryptography that...
View ArticleA letter from Amazon
Last week, we received the following email from Amazon: From: [redacted], [redacted] <[redacted]@amazon.com> Subject: Notification of potential account suspension regarding AWS Service Terms...
View ArticleTechnology preview: Sealed sender for Signal
In addition to the end-to-end encryption that protects every Signal message, the Signal service is designed to minimize the data that is retained about Signal users. By design, it does not store a...
View ArticleSetback in the outback
Like many others, we have been following the latest developments in Australia related to the “Assistance and Access” bill with a growing sense of frustration. The widespread adoption of strong...
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I link therefore I am
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...
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Signal for iPad, and other iOS improvements
Signal 3.0 is now available in the App Store:iPad support has arrived. Set up your favorite tablet as a linked device.Forward messages between threads. Editing support lets you amend, extend, append,...
View ArticleTechnology Preview: Signal Private Group System
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...
View ArticleMake privacy stick
They get slapped on street signs. We wear them on our clothes to identify ourselves to distant coworkers during awkward holiday parties. Some people create massive galleries on their laptops in...
View ArticleTechnology Preview for secure value recovery
At Signal, we want to make privacy simple. From the beginning, we’ve designed Signal so that your information is in your hands rather than ours. Technologies like Signal Protocol secure your messages...
View ArticleSometimes once is better than a lifetime
Today’s beta releases of Signal for Android and iOS include a new way to send individual photos and videos that are automatically removed from a conversation thread after they have been viewed.
View ArticleStorage management for Signal Android
Signal for Android now includes storage management functionality that helps visualize files across all of your conversations, sorted by size and type, in order to assist you in reducing the amount of...
View ArticleImproving Registration Lock with Secure Value Recovery
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...
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