Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's takeaways Privacy-centric messaging app Signal has a message backup option. The free tier stores up to ...

Signal is back in the headlines, but this time it's not for a security breach, but rather a high-profile example of how it's designed to work. Recent news highlighted an incident where classified ...

Signal, the popular privacy-centric messaging app, has rolled out a significant update to its Windows 11 desktop client, called “Screen Security” to combat Microsoft’s AI-powered Recall tool from ...

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal announced on Monday that it’s introducing a feature that allows users to back up their text conversations for free, along with ...

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The Pentagon’s latest report makes one thing clear: Signal protects conversations, but it was never designed to safeguard U.S. war plans — and using it that way carried real risk for American forces.