'We’ve designed the Signal service to minimize the data we retain about Signal users, so the only information we can produce in response to a request.is the date and time a user registered with Signal and the last date of a user’s connectivity to the Signal service,' the app maker said (Opens in a new window) in 2016. If the cops want access to your chats, messages, or files, they'll need direct access (Opens in a new window) to your device because Signal has no record of them.

Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app, which is a complicated way of saying that only the device sending the message and the device receiving it can see the content of messages. A flood of sign-ups took it offline briefly this month, but it's back and ready to shield your chats from prying eyes. The messaging app achieved mainstream status after Black Lives Matter protests, a WhatsApp privacy mishap, and a boost from Elon Musk on Twitter. It's been a turbulent year, but Signal come through it on top.

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