24 stories tagged signal, newest first.
1060 points by pavel_lishin | 658 comments
Calif Newsletter post presenting video demos of iPhone exploits, including Signal and iMessage 1-click attacks on iPhone 18 Pro, revealed at Hexacon in Paris.
343 points by Cider9986 | 174 comments
Signal community forum thread in Feature Requests discussing registration without a phone number, with a reply explaining Signal's use of zero-knowledge proofs.
![Screenshot of signal.org: Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/6/8/a2295aa2-b04c-4072-a8a0-e4c555195770.jpg)
630 points by g0xA52A2A | 270 comments
Signal's PDF statement opposing a UK government demand that all content on devices be scanned for nudity using age verification and content scanning.
542 points by 01-_- | 278 comments
9to5Mac article reporting that the FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from an iPhone by using stored notification data.
850 points by duxup | 1178 comments
News report that the FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal group chats used to track ICE activity; the captured page shows an MS NOW Maddowblog post.
383 points by donohoe | 239 comments
TechRadar article on an independent UK watchdog review warning that the National Security Act could treat creating encrypted apps like Signal or WhatsApp as hostile activity.
398 points by dtj1123 | 236 comments
Homepage for Molly, an independent fork of the Signal messaging app for Android with additional features.
![Screenshot of signal.org: Germany must stand firmly against client-side scanning in Chat Control [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2025/10/3/38885cdf-4c1d-413c-9658-e0387c5c26e6.jpg)
469 points by greyface- | 107 comments
Signal statement (PDF, Oct 2025) urging Germany to keep opposing the EU Chat Control proposal's client-side scanning of private messages.
621 points by pluto_modadic | 267 comments
Signal blog post by Graeme Connell and Rolfe Schmidt describing the addition of post-quantum ratchets (SPQR) to the Signal Protocol.
928 points by keyboardJones | 411 comments
Signal blog post announcing Secure Backups, an end-to-end encrypted backup feature with a free text tier and a paid plan for media.
432 points by feross | 327 comments
Signal blog post from May 2025 explaining that Signal Desktop on Windows now blocks screenshots by default to keep chats out of Microsoft Recall.
622 points by micahflee | 173 comments
Blog post by Micah Lee about DDoSecrets publishing 410 GB of heap dumps hacked from TeleMessage's archive server.
324 points by todsacerdoti | 256 comments
Blog post arguing SMS-based two-factor authentication is insecure and excludes rural mountain residents who rely on landlines without cell service.
764 points by micahflee | 309 comments
Micah Lee blog post analyzing TM SGNL, an unofficial TeleMessage Signal clone used by Mike Waltz to message Trump administration officials.
2096 points by _tk_ | 1041 comments
Jeffrey Goldberg's Atlantic article recounting how U.S. national-security leaders accidentally added him to a group chat discussing military strikes in Yemen.
379 points by km | 207 comments
Sweden Herald news article reporting Signal CEO Meredith Whittaker saying Signal will leave Sweden if a proposed law forces messaging apps to store messages.
773 points by karel-3d | 271 comments
Google Threat Intelligence Group blog post describing Russia-aligned threat actors targeting Signal Messenger accounts.
659 points by confusing3478 | 580 comments
A Disruptionist newsletter article reporting that Elon Musk's X is blocking links to Signal, which federal whistleblowers have used to communicate about DOGE.
1370 points by hackermondev | 417 comments
A GitHub Gist writeup by a 15-year-old researcher describing a 0-click deanonymization attack that locates users of Signal, Discord and other apps within about 250 miles.
409 points by doener | 351 comments
A post on X by Signal president Meredith Whittaker saying Signal would leave the EU market rather than comply with a proposal undermining its privacy guarantees.
1330 points by Josely | 798 comments
Signal blog post from February 2024 announcing usernames and settings that let users keep their phone numbers private from contacts.
988 points by mikece | 757 comments
Signal blog post by Meredith Whittaker and Joshua Lund explaining the costs of running Signal as a nonprofit messaging service.
453 points by danboarder | 316 comments
Fortune article reporting that Signal's president says the company will not comply with a proposed U.K. law requiring mandatory message scanning.
652 points by Bright_Machine | 413 comments
La Quadrature du Net article on the French "8 December" case, where use of encrypted communications and privacy tools was cited as evidence of terrorist behavior.