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With Signal, you can chat, send voice messages, photos and videos, make voice and video calls, group chat, group (video) call, share stories, share your location, send stickers and GIFs, and much more!
The big difference compared to other apps is that everything in Signal is designed with your privacy and security in mind. Signal is truly made for you.
Other apps are mainly built to eventually profit from your private conversations. They promote themselves as secure and privacy-friendly, but compared to Signal, they often fall short.
Signal also gives you real choices — nothing is forced on you. Not a fan of Stories? You can simply turn them off. Your phone number is hidden by default, you can use Signal with a username, and photos and videos aren’t automatically saved to your phone’s gallery — a big plus for many users.
With Signal, everything is end-to-end encrypted by default. This means no one can read your messages or listen in on your calls — not even Signal itself.
What makes Signal unique is that everything you share is encrypted end-to-end by default — even metadata. Signal doesn’t know who you’re talking to, when, for how long, which groups you’re in, and so on.
Other apps also offer end-to-end encryption — some even use the Signal Protocol — but often only in a limited or optional way. In this table you can compare Signal’s end-to-end encryption with that of other apps.
Signal is open source, which means its source code is publicly available for anyone to inspect and audit. This allows weaknesses and bugs in the code to be discovered and reported, making Signal safer and better.
Being open source also makes Signal transparent: you can verify that there are no hidden backdoors and see exactly how the code works. With other apps, you just have to trust the developers.
Signal is developed by the Signal Foundation — a nonprofit organization focused on creating open-source privacy technology, supported by user donations. The foundation’s mission is to enable free and secure communication for everyone, everywhere.
Because Signal doesn’t aim to make a profit, its developers can fully focus on privacy and security. Other apps, by contrast, often need to build in all kinds of tricks and mechanisms to monetize your data — which usually comes at the cost of your privacy and weakens overall security.
You can download Signal for free and immediately use all its features and options. Other apps are often free to download as well, but sometimes you have to pay to access certain extra features. With Signal, everything is free, and all users are equal.
The only costs you might have are your regular (mobile) internet fees.
Unlike many other messaging apps, Signal contains no ads or advertisements. You can enjoy uninterrupted private conversations with your friends and family.
Signal is designed to know nothing about you. The app does not collect any data about you, unlike most other apps that do so directly or indirectly. Signal only stores your phone number, which is necessary to create an account.
Signal has no access to any other data—not even metadata—because everything in Signal is end-to-end encrypted.
There are also no trackers in the app that monitor your behavior. You can use Signal completely freely. Signal is made solely for your privacy and security.
With Signal, everything is end-to-end encrypted by default. This means no one can read your messages or listen in on your calls — not even Signal itself.
What makes Signal unique is that everything you share is encrypted end-to-end by default — even metadata. Signal doesn’t know who you’re talking to, when, for how long, which groups you’re in, and so on.
Other apps also offer end-to-end encryption — some even use the Signal Protocol — but often only in a limited or optional way. In this table you can compare Signal’s end-to-end encryption with that of other apps.
Signal is developed by the Signal Foundation — a nonprofit organization focused on creating open-source privacy technology, supported by user donations. The foundation’s mission is to enable free and secure communication for everyone, everywhere.
Because Signal doesn’t aim to make a profit, its developers can fully focus on privacy and security. Other apps, by contrast, often need to build in all kinds of tricks and mechanisms to monetize your data — which usually comes at the cost of your privacy and weakens overall security.
Unlike many other messaging apps, Signal contains no ads or advertisements. You can enjoy uninterrupted private conversations with your friends and family.
Signal is recommended by many leading security experts for its strong focus on privacy and encryption. It is used by millions of people around the world, including journalists, activists, researchers and governmental institutions.
Signal is recommended by many leading security experts for its strong focus on privacy and encryption. It is used by millions of people around the world, including journalists, activists, researchers and governmental institutions.
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