Signal

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About

Signal is end-to-end encrypted open-source messaging software available for Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS, and Windows. It is tied to (and identifies, when connected to other users) the phone number of each user; it's not clear why this is so.

Pages

• /questions

How to

• Installation:
  • /mobile/Android
  • /desktop/Linux
• Setup (post-installation)
  • /contacts
  • To be documented:
    • device fingerprints and all that kind of stuff that I don't really understand.

Links

Official

• site

Reference

• Wikipedia (Signal (software))

Articles

• 2020-09-18 The Inside Story of How Signal Became the Private Messaging App for an Age of Fear and Distrust
• 2020-02-14 Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses