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Signal told a parliamentary committee studying Bill C-22 on Tuesday that it will pull out of Canada before it ever builds surveillance into its app, and the testimony came amid growing chaos over how the government is handling the bill. Udbhav Tiwari, VP of Strategy and Global Affairs at Signal, laid out clearly what will...

Signal is drawing a hard line on the federal government's proposed surveillance legislation: comply with Bill C-22 or leave the country. The secure messaging app says it would rather ditch the Canadian market than be forced to weaken the privacy protections it has built its reputation on. In an interview with The Globe and Mail,...

Signal's latest Windows 11 update introduces a Screen Security feature, preventing Microsoft's Recall tool from capturing screenshots of private chats.

Top federal IT officials are using disappearing message apps on government phones—even as they preach transparency and oversee rules meant to protect public records, according to a report by CTV News. Chief Information Officer Dominic Rochon and his deputy had apps like Signal and WhatsApp set to auto-delete messages, Freedom of Information (FOI) documents show....

Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a surge in efforts by Russian state-affiliated threat actors to infiltrate Signal accounts.

After years of criticism regarding how it stored plain text encryption keys, Signal has finally addressed a long-standing security flaw in its desktop app.

Earlier this month Twitter’s ‘Chief Twit’ Elon Musk said encrypted direct messages were coming, and now we’re seeing evidence how the company will achieve this. According to researcher Jane Manchun Wong, she said on Saturday evening, "Twitter will adopt the Signal Protocol for Encrypted DMs. Seeing code references of the Signal Protocol inside Twitter’s iOS...

If your favorite way to update your friends about life disappears in 24 hours, rejoice as Signal messaging app has just received the Stories feature.

Signal's CEO has announced he has stepped down as leader of the secure messaging app.

Signal says it added millions of new users after yesterday's Facebook outage.

The the creator of messaging app Signal, has written a long blogpost calling out various vulnerabilities in Cellebrite's devices. A new report from Vice reports that the founder of security-focused messenger Signal, Moxie Marlinspike, revealed today that he found and exploited vulnerabilities in software from Cellebrite, a company that specializes in digital forensics tools that have been used by authorities...

While private messaging app Signal has seen rapid growth in the past weeks, current and ex-employees have expressed concern for potential misuse of the platform.