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Thousands of Users Unknowingly Joined Signal Because of 12-Year-Old's App
"Calls Chat" is essentially Signal with a different coat of paint.
This Redditor Tried to Beat Fake News on WhatsApp With More Fake News
WhatsApp was having a terrible time in India after its privacy policy update. Then came i_Killed_Reddit, and *that* viral message.
Signal’s New PIN Feature Worries Cybersecurity Experts
The popular encrypted app is now going to store your contacts in the cloud. Experts are worried this compromises users’ privacy.
The Trump Administration Is Attacking Critical Internet Privacy Tools
Trump’s cronies are dismantling the organization that helped give birth to open source tools like Signal and Tor. For activists around the world, the results could be disastrous.
How Sydney Became Australia's Cocaine Capital
The fact you can sail a yacht in a straight line from Colombia to Sydney is just one part of the story.
Scientists Uncovered a Hidden Pattern in a Mysterious Signal from Space
The repeating burst is coming to us in an unexplained 157-day cycle, astronomers discovered, and its active phase should be starting now.
Signal Bug Could Have Let Hackers Listen to Android Users Via Microphone
Google’s Project Zero recently reported the issue, which the Signal maintainers have now fixed.
Scientists Want You to Play a Video Game to Help Them Understand Nuclear War
'SIGNAL' is an interesting, if flawed, multiplayer game that tries to simulate decision-making in the high stakes scenario of nuclear war for research purposes.
Why Do We Need So Many Different Messaging Apps?
Slack, Signal, Hangouts, Wire, iMessage, Telegram, Facebook Messenger. Why do we need so many apps to do one thing?
How to Use an iPod Touch as a Secure Device Instead of a Phone
From SIM-jacking, to SS7, to dodgy telco data selling, for some people an iPod may be a better security decision than using a normal phone.
Some Signal Disappearing Messages Are Not Disappearing
Journalists and sources may try to secure their communications not just with encryption, but also with automatically disappearing messages. But Signal has a nasty bug that can retain some messages.
'Disappearing' Signal Messages Are Stored Indefinitely on Mac Hard Drives
If you use the Signal desktop app, be careful with your notification settings.