Signal is finally tightening its desktop client’s security by changing how it stores plain text encryption keys for the data store after downplaying the issue since 2018. As reported by ...

Signal, which operates an encrypted messaging app, attempted to clear the air by explaining why it is the "gold standard" for private messaging on Tuesday.

WhatsApp uses Signal's encryption protocol, so your chats and calls are just as end-to-end encrypted as those on Signal. But ...

The problem is that the encryption key is stored on the machine in a local plain text file. Any malware able to read unencrypted local files could obtain the key, and therefore decrypt the messages.

At first glance, it might not seem a major problem. Cybersecurity experts widely consider Signal to be the leading easy-to-use encrypted messaging service, and there are no public reports of its ...

The Signal encrypted messaging application is seen on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 26 March, 2025. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto) I don’t know very ...

In a lengthy post to X, Signal addressed this issue by pushing back on the Pentagon’s use of the term “vulnerability.” “One piece of misinfo we need to address is the claim that there are ...

Signal is standing its ground to protect its app’s security, threatening on Wednesday to leave France if encryption backdoor requirements are enacted, just as it said it would do in Sweden.

Inside the hazy, fractured mess of Signal use in the government. A dozen current and former officials confirmed that the encrypted messaging app is used across various agencies — despite ...

One problem with WhatsApp is that, ... The Signal encrypted messaging application is seen on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 26 March, 2025.