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Signal Contingency Plan (spoiler: it's Delta Chat)
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this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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If the vibes keep on deteriorating and there would be a crackdown on messengers and signaling infrastructure a messenger is the last of your worries.
And if Signal gets specifically targeted, there will be warning signs and time to shift away.
The warning signs are there
Nope. That's not how Signal and E2E encrypted messaging works.
If a government asks Signal for user data they get an almost empty sheet of paper. Search for " what data does signal collect" to confirm that.
If - on the other side - your smartphone is compromised or unlocked there is almost nothing Signal can do to prevent governments from looking into your data. Also it reads like some agents simply joined a group chat. Again: nothing Signal could prevent.
I was not suggesting that the encryption was compromised. I was suggesting that signal is being targeted.
Likely, they are infiltrating Signal groups specifically. Not through breaking encryption, but still joining these groups BECAUSE of the encryption.
The fact that these groups are using private encrypted messages are what piques the interest of the FBI in the first place. Signal is just the most popular and thus the most likely target.
Still, adding feds to a group chat is a management issue, same as inviting people to your home
Any software used by enough people will be targeted.