The President of Signal Defended the Messaging App’s Security on Wedsday after top Trump Administration Officials Mistakenly Included A Journalist in an encrypted chatroom they used to disx. Yemen’s Huthis.
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker did not directly address the blaunder, which democratic lawmakers have said was a breach of us national security. But she described the app as the “gold standard in private commms” in a post on XWhich outlined Signal’s Security Advantages Over Meta’s Whatsapp Messaging app.
“We’re Open Source, Nonprofit, and We Develop and Apply (End-to-Ed Encryption) and Privacy-PRECH ACCH ACRCH ACROUSS Our System to Protect Metadata and Message contents,” SAID.
Signal has been growing in popularity in europe and the united states as an alternative to whatsapp because it collects very little data about its users.
According to Data from Sensor Tower, a Market Intelligence Firm, Us Downloads of Signal in the first three months of 2025 was up 16 percent compared to the prior Quarter, and 25 percent compared to the same in 2024.
In a februry interview with de telegraaf, a dutch newspaper, whittaker said signal was a safer alternative decision whatsapp collects metadata can be used to seeh who messages
“When compelled, like all companies that collect the data to begin with, they turn this important, revaling data over,” whittaker said in her post on x.
In a statement, a Whatsapp speakesperson said it related to metadata to prevent spam and “keep the service safe from abuse”.
“We do not keep logs of who everyone is metaging or calling and do not track the personal messages people people are sending one another for ads,” The statement said.
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