Once again US Government demands have been complied with by Signal.org, & once again the provided information has proven useless. With the adoption of changeable Usernames over telephone numbers for account identification, there’s even less data available now than previously.In 2021 when the FBI attempted to obtain information on 2 Signal users, they were given all the information that Signal had – the day that number joined & the day they were last seen. Signal users now adopt Usernames, & their servers don’t have access to those.Once again, Signal doesn’t have access to your messages; your calls; your chat list; your files and attachments; your stories; your groups; your contacts; your stickers; your profile name or avatar; your reactions; or even the animated GIFs you search for – and it’s impossible to turn over any data that we never had access to in the first place.
Occasionally someone will tell me that heard Signal encryption got broken or some other baseless rumour regarding privacy & Signal Private Messenger. It’s important to understand that E2E encryption means that the message/call is encrypted when it leaves your device until it arrives on the recipient device. From there, privacy is dependent on the guardian of the phone.
If the end user doesn’t have a screen passcode, well, all bets are off. LE can extract all data without trying. You don’t know whether or not the other party uses basic phone security, & that’s what the Disappearing Messages function is for. Mine is set at 24 hours – any conversations initiated by me vanish from my phone 24 hours after I’ve sent & from the recipient’s phone 24 hours after they’ve read it.
You can set Disappearing Messages as system default, then adjust individual contacts to higher or lower time spans as you wish.
Read about the latest Signal vs Big Brother here and check out the full list of w1ns vs US & international government agencies here.
Don’t just hope your communication is private, don’t just think that your communication is private – know for sure that it is. Do that by reading the links on this page & using Signal Private Messenger.