Signal - Private Messenger 12+
Say “hello” to privacy.
Signal Messenger, LLC
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- Free
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Description
Signal is a messaging app with privacy at its core. It is free and easy to use, with strong end-to-end encryption that keeps your communication completely private.
• Send texts, voice messages, photos, videos, GIFs, and files for free. Signal uses your phone’s data connection, so you avoid SMS and MMS fees.
• Call your friends with crystal-clear encrypted voice and video calls. Group calls supported for up to 40 people.
• Stay connected with group chats up to 1,000 people. Control who can post and manage group members with admin permission settings.
• Share image, text, and video Stories that disappear after 24 hours. Privacy settings keep you in charge of exactly who can see each Story.
• Signal is built for your privacy. We know nothing about you or who you’re talking to. Our open source Signal Protocol means that we can’t read your messages or listen to your calls. Neither can anyone else. No back doors, no data collection, no compromises.
• Signal is independent and not for profit; a different kind of tech from a different kind of organization. As a 501c3 nonprofit we are supported by your donations, not by advertisers or investors.
• For support, questions, or more information please visit https://support.signal.org/
To check out our source code, visit https://github.com/signalapp
Follow us on Twitter @signalapp and Instagram @signal_app
What’s New
Version 7.32
• Now your iPhone will automatically stop ringing if you answer an incoming call on another linked device (like Signal Desktop). Deciding whether or not you actually want to talk to them is still a question only you can answer.
• We also fixed a bug that prevented unread indicators and other status badges from appearing in the Stories and Calls tabs on iPadOS 18.
Ratings and Reviews
The best instant Messenger!! EVER!!!!
I’m just blown away by how awesome this app is! It comes with a few sticks and built in integration with Giphy!! I love Giphy! Can share GIF right from the app and not go to my web browser on a separate app to copy and paste a URL into the app! :) Plus the app is heavily secure for instant communication! Even recommended by Edward Josef Snowden! This level of heavy emphasis on security is welcomed largely. My only complaint is that the app could come with more stickers preloaded in the app or have a sticker store built right in to the app. All in all, I feel much secure using this app! Thank you all, the Developers, Donators & Everyone Who has contributed to this app! My best wishes to all of you! I’m optimistic for future, I want to see what else signal development team brings to the table. 😃😃😃
Leaving the app
The Signal app was once a great app. It worked. HOWEVER , Over the last 12mths, each update has progressively destroyed the usability and experience. Images sent were ALWAYS lower quality than than an image sent via iMSG. Messages were sometimes not received for upto 24 HOURS after they were sent (even though the app indicated the delayed messages were “sent”. Settings were tried using both the Signal servers or not - but results remained the same - delayed messages, and poor quality photos!! Tomorrow 3 Sep 2024 is the last day before the app has said it will no longer work without updating. I’ve moved to ProtonMail permanently. (At least ProtonMail sends and receives attachments in original quality!!) I also understand that SignalApp is changing to 64bit, but why they ditch the older 32bit services is unfortunate for those people who just enjoy using an app that’s not Apple or Google spyware and use the app without any intention of criminality. Yes it’s going to be disappointing leaving Signal, but it is what it is. Unfortunately, 1 star was the lowest I could give.
Great Privacy Preserving App
This is a very secure, privacy first app. Even the ubiquitous WhatsApp can track so much of your metadata without having to read the content (who, when, where, how long you chatted). Not Signal - it has real privacy. Plus it’s owned by a non-profit so they don’t have the temptation to harvest your data. This means it has a few quirks users need to be aware of, though, like ‘forward privacy’ so even if someone hacked your account they couldn’t read your old messages. This means it’s difficult to transfer data to a new phone. If you can live with that, it’s a great app that’s constantly improving.
App Privacy
The developer, Signal Messenger, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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Information
- Seller
- Signal Messenger, LLC
- Size
- 159.1 MB
- Category
- Social Networking
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Belarusian, Bengali, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Uighur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 12+ Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humour Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Copyright
- © Signal Foundation
- Price
- Free
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