What to know about Signal, the secure messaging app
- Signal is a free messaging app that uses end-to-end encryption to keep your messages private.
- When you send a message, the only people who can see that message are the recipients — not even the company that runs Signal can see what you send.
- You can use Signal to send texts, photos, videos, and voice messages, as well as manage group chats.
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Just this year, Signal has become one of the most popular messaging apps around. Favored by tech giants, cybersecurity experts, journalists, government officials, and many more, Signal has gone from a darling secret of the security community to something even the non-tech savvy are using.
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