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'''Signal''' is an [[encryption|encrypted]] [[message|messaging]] service for [[instant messaging]], [[Telephone call|voice]], and [[Videotelephony|video calls]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201112195107/https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.35.1</ref> The instant messaging function includes sending text, voice notes, [[Digital image|images]], [[Video|videos]], and [[Computer file|other files]].Communication may be one-to-one between users or may involve group messaging.<ref>https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/859125874901135360</ref> | '''Signal''' is an [[encryption|encrypted]] [[message|messaging]] service for [[instant messaging]], [[Telephone call|voice]], and [[Videotelephony|video calls]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20201112195107/https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.35.1</ref> The instant messaging function includes sending text, voice notes, [[Digital image|images]], [[Video|videos]], and [[Computer file|other files]].Communication may be one-to-one between users or may involve group messaging.<ref>https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/859125874901135360</ref> | ||
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| + | == Failure to allow anonymous sign up == | ||
| + | The most requested feature of Signal was the chance to use anonymous usernames rather than phone numbers as IDs, but this was resisted, ostensibly in a bid to prevent spam.{{cn}} | ||
==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
"Never acknowledged in any serious way by the mainstream media, encrypted messaging app Signal’s origins as a US government asset are a matter of extensive public record, even if the scope and scale of the funding provided has until now been secret."<ref>https://kitklarenberg.substack.com/p/signal-facing-collapse-after-cia</ref> | "Never acknowledged in any serious way by the mainstream media, encrypted messaging app Signal’s origins as a US government asset are a matter of extensive public record, even if the scope and scale of the funding provided has until now been secret."<ref>https://kitklarenberg.substack.com/p/signal-facing-collapse-after-cia</ref> | ||
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| + | During [[Covid]], when deciding how to implement [[lockdowns]] and other measures, state secretaries in the government used Signal to communicate between themselves. With the feature that it deletes the messages automatically, the use is an attempt at circumvention of the Freedom of Information Act.<ref>https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/refser-regjeringen--systematisk-misbruk/73748480</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 10:39, 15 December 2023
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Signal is an encrypted messaging service for instant messaging, voice, and video calls.[1] The instant messaging function includes sending text, voice notes, images, videos, and other files.Communication may be one-to-one between users or may involve group messaging.[2]
Failure to allow anonymous sign up
The most requested feature of Signal was the chance to use anonymous usernames rather than phone numbers as IDs, but this was resisted, ostensibly in a bid to prevent spam.[citation needed]
Funding
"Never acknowledged in any serious way by the mainstream media, encrypted messaging app Signal’s origins as a US government asset are a matter of extensive public record, even if the scope and scale of the funding provided has until now been secret."[3]
Norway
During Covid, when deciding how to implement lockdowns and other measures, state secretaries in the government used Signal to communicate between themselves. With the feature that it deletes the messages automatically, the use is an attempt at circumvention of the Freedom of Information Act.[4]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201112195107/https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/releases/tag/v1.35.1
- ↑ https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/859125874901135360
- ↑ https://kitklarenberg.substack.com/p/signal-facing-collapse-after-cia
- ↑ https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/refser-regjeringen--systematisk-misbruk/73748480
