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Signal in 2026?
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this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2026
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The client is open source, so it doesn't matter what the server code is, you can see everything the client sends and therefore tell what possible data is being collected.
It's run by a non-profit so there's no shareholders to please.
Your messages and decryption key are not stored on their servers.
It's been independently audited.
They have publicly posted responses to user information requests where they only provide the account creation date and last access time.
The (admittedly incompetent) US government recommends using Signal (for non-classified information) and top officials have been caught using it (Houthi Working Group).
You can never be 100% sure, but it appears to have excellent security and privacy.
For me this is the gold seal.
These guys desperately don't want records of their acts to become public record and they have the authority to outright ask US Intelligence 'Can you guys get access to this?' and the app they choose is Signal.
And then proceed to invite a random journalist to their group ๐
If they were competent they would have other career options instead of working for this administration.
Not to mention the FBI admitted that the only data from Singal they get is when the account signed up and when they last connected and they are very unhappy about so little information.
And the phone number! But still not a crime to be using signal (yet).