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What is the Signal messaging app and how secure is it?
Experts say using even such a privacy-focussed platform for national security matters is very unusual.BBC News - 2d -
How to Use Signal Encrypted Messaging
The best end-to-end encrypted messaging app has a host of security features. Here are the ones you should care about.Wired - Mar. 12 -
Signal, WhatsApp, and iMessage: Which Messaging App Is Most Secure?
You probably don’t think about how your messages are protected, but you should.Inc. - 1d -
Are Your Messages Really Secure? How to Use Encrypted Apps Safely
Encrypted apps like Signal offer privacy, but simple mistakes can put your data at risk. Follow these best practices to stay protected.Inc. - 2d -
What Is Signal, the App Involved in a War Plans Security Breach?
The app, which was introduced in 2014 and has hundreds of millions of users, is widely viewed as the safest messaging tool because of its encryption technology.The New York Times - 1d -
Signal defends app security amid group chat controversy
The president of Signal defended the security of the encrypted messaging app on Tuesday after a bombshell report revealed top Trump administration officials used the app to discuss airstrike plans ...The Hill - 1d -
War plans group chat raises questions about Signal, cybersecurity
Top Trump administration national security officials' use of the messaging app Signal is raising new questions about the platform and how the administration is transmitting sensitive government ...The Hill - 2d -
What is Signal, app used in Yemen war plans chat?
High-level Trump officials used the digital messaging app Signal to communicate sensitive details about an impending military strike against Houthi terrorists in Yemen earlier this month, sparking ...The Hill - 2d -
How the app used by Hegseth in text group can leave the door open for spies and hackers
Signal, the most secure widely available messaging app, has become a go-to resource. Its shortcomings are why its use by Pete Hegseth has rocked politics.NBC News - 2d -
Anthony Zurcher: Security team's messages stun Washington
The Signal messages show the inner workings of the president's team and how his Vice-President JD Vance disagreed with him.BBC News - 3d -
SignalGate Isn’t About Signal
The Trump cabinet’s shocking leak of its plans to bomb Yemen raises myriad confidentiality and legal issues. The security of the encrypted messaging app Signal is not one of them.Wired - 1d -
Judge holds hearing on administration's use of Signal app
A judge is holding a hearing Thursday on the Trump administration's use of the Signal messaging app to discuss military strikes in Yemen earlier this month.ABC News - 16h -
Encrypted messaging apps promise privacy. Government transparency is often the price
States and cities across the country are grappling with how to stay on the right side of government transparency laws as the use of encrypted messaging apps becomes more widespreadABC News - Mar. 20 -
Encrypted messaging apps promise privacy. Government transparency is often the price
States and cities across the country are grappling with how to stay on the right side of government transparency laws as the use of encrypted messaging apps becomes more widespreadABC News - Mar. 20 -
Encrypted messaging apps promise privacy. Government transparency is often the price
States and cities across the country are grappling with how to stay on the right side of government transparency laws as the use of encrypted messaging apps becomes more widespreadABC News - Mar. 20 -
Signal gets closer look amid uproar over Trump officials' group chat
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Signal thrown into spotlight amid group chat breach Top Trump national security officials' use of messaging app Signal is raising new questions ...The Hill - 2d -
John Bolton blasts Trump officials for using Signal to conduct government business
Former national security adviser John Bolton went after multiple Trump administration officials on Monday for reportedly using the messaging app Signal to conduct government business. “I couldn't ...The Hill - 3d -
New report reveals top Trump admin. officials discussed classified information on messaging app
NBC News Senior National Security Correspondent Courtney Kube explains the alleged breach of protocol by top national security officials who discussed upcoming military strikes on the messaging app ...NBC News - 3d -
What to know about Signal, app used by Trump officials for war plans
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other Trump officials allegedly used Signal for a group chat to discuss a highly sensitive operation.CBS News - 2d -
What to know about Signal, app used by Trump officials for war plans
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other Trump officials allegedly used Signal for a group chat to discuss a highly sensitive operation.CBS News - 2d -
What to know about Signal, app used by Trump officials for war plans
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other Trump officials allegedly used Signal for a group chat to discuss a highly sensitive operation.CBS News - 2d -
NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat
The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.CBS News - 2d -
NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat
The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.CBS News - 2d -
The Fallout From The Leaked Signal Chat, Explained
Will the F.B.I. and the Justice Department investigate if the move by senior members of President Trump’s administration to share defense secrets over the Signal messaging app violated federal ...The New York Times - 1d -
Atlantic publishes Trump Cabinet group chat messages
The Atlantic has published the Signal group chat messages among national security leaders that were inadvertently shared with Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg, noting administration officials said ...The Hill - 2d -
SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever
Scandal surrounding the Trump administration's Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”Wired - 18h -
SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever
Scandal surrounding the Trump administration’s Signal group chat has led to a landmark week for the encrypted messaging app’s adoption—its “largest US growth moment by a massive margin.”Wired - 18h -
How to calculate your Social Security tax obligations
Wondering what you'll pay in taxes on your Social Security benefits? Here's how to do the math.CBS News - Mar. 11 -
House Democrats question intel officials over Signal group chat
House Democrats’ questioned top intelligence officials over why a journalist was included in a group chat on the messaging app Signal containing plans about military operations in Yemen. NBC News’ ...NBC News - 1d -
Waltz questions how the Atlantic editor 'somehow' got 'sucked into' the Signal chat
National security adviser Mike Waltz questioned how The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was added to a Signal group chat with national security officials who were communicating about ...The Hill - 2d -
Three sensitive messages from Yemen strike Signal chat unpacked and explained
We unpick excerpts from a group chat by high-ranking US security officials about an air strike on Yemen.BBC News - 1d -
Read the messages Trump officials exchanged on leaked Signal thread
The conversation, which The Atlantic first published on Wednesday, shows behind-the-scene discussions between Trump's national security team.BBC News - 1d -
What to know about Signal, which Pentagon previously discouraged workers from using
As the White House comes under fire for allegedly using Signal to discuss foreign policy plans, the encrypted messaging platform has now come into the spotlight.ABC News - 2d -
Judge orders participants in Signal chat group blunder to preserve all messages
Restraining order was issued to ensure that records of Yemen attack group conversation are retained. A federal judge on Thursday ordered that the Trump administration preserve all Signal messages ...The Guardian - 13h -
Judge orders participants in Signal chat group blunder to preserve all messages
Restraining order was issued to ensure that records of Yemen attack group conversation are retained. A federal judge on Thursday ordered that the Trump administration preserve all Signal messages ...The Guardian - 13h -
Trump and intelligence chiefs play down Signal group chat leak
President Trump also defended his national security team after a reporter was added to their message thread.BBC News - 2d -
New Social Security clawback policy starts this week: What to know
A major change in how the Social Security Administration (SSA) treats its overpayments is set to kick in Thursday.The Hill - 1d -
Atlantic editor-in-chief mistakenly placed on Trump officials’ war plans group chat
The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg, says he was mistakenly added to a group chat with Trump administration officials on the commercial encrypted messaging app Signal. ...NBC News - 3d -
White House taps Musk to investigate Signal chat mishap
The White House has asked Elon Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to help investigate how a journalist was included on a Signal chat with national security ...The Hill - 1d -
Oversight Dems ask for multi-IG probe of Trump Cabinet Signal chat
House Oversight Democrats are asking the inspectors general at national security agencies whose leaders discussed a pending airstrike in a Signal chat to investigate the matter, including what laws ...The Hill - 15h