Signal
@signal.org
Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app. Privacy isn’t an optional mode, it’s just the way that Signal works. Every message, every call, every time.
Getting a new phone for the holidays doesn’t mean giving up Signal message history. Restore old messages on a new phone using Signal Secure Backups or device-to-device transfer.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
Backups and Device Transfers on Signal
Signal offers several secure options for backing up or transferring your messages, depending on your device and situation. Signal Secure Backups are an optional, secure backup solution that store y...
support.signal.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Getting a new phone for the holidays doesn’t mean giving up Signal message history. Restore old messages on a new phone using Signal Secure Backups or device-to-device transfer.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
If you’ve felt safer sending a message because you sent it on Signal, please support our work. As a nonprofit, Signal exists because of your donations.
In the app: Settings > Donate
On the web: Signal.org/donate
In the app: Settings > Donate
On the web: Signal.org/donate
Donate to Signal Private Messenger
Your donation helps pay for the development, servers, and bandwidth of an app used by millions around the world for private and instantaneous communication. Please make a donation today.
Signal.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you’ve felt safer sending a message because you sent it on Signal, please support our work. As a nonprofit, Signal exists because of your donations.
In the app: Settings > Donate
On the web: Signal.org/donate
In the app: Settings > Donate
On the web: Signal.org/donate
There are so many ways to donate to Signal, and we're grateful to you for supporting us.
Settings > Donate
Signal.org/donate
Settings > Donate
Signal.org/donate
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
There are so many ways to donate to Signal, and we're grateful to you for supporting us.
Settings > Donate
Signal.org/donate
Settings > Donate
Signal.org/donate
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Like many services, as Signal grows, it becomes a more appealing place for scammers to try and cause harm.
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
Staying Safe from Phishing, Scams, and Impersonation
We provide a privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging and calling platform designed so only you and your intended recipients can communicate securely. Even with strong encryption, attac...
support.signal.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Like many services, as Signal grows, it becomes a more appealing place for scammers to try and cause harm.
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
Now available on iOS 😎
Until now, if you lost or broke your phone, your Signal message history was *gone,* a real challenge for everyone whose most important conversations happen in Signal. So, with careful design and development, we’re rolling out opt-in secure backups.
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
Introducing Signal Secure Backups
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet...
signal.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Now available on iOS 😎
Rolling out now, the latest iOS update includes the first cool, refreshing wave of the Liquid Glass redesign for iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 with refined animations and new visual elements.
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Rolling out now, the latest iOS update includes the first cool, refreshing wave of the Liquid Glass redesign for iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 with refined animations and new visual elements.
Signal polls are here!
Find the best time for your group chat to hang out, choose a vacation destination, or ask if you should give yourself a haircut at 1 AM. Now in the latest version of Signal for iOS, Android, and Desktop.
signal.org/blog/polls/
Find the best time for your group chat to hang out, choose a vacation destination, or ask if you should give yourself a haircut at 1 AM. Now in the latest version of Signal for iOS, Android, and Desktop.
signal.org/blog/polls/
Signal Polls: Yes, no, maybe (yes!)
Signal polling: An easier way to see what your group chat really thinks and feels.
signal.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Signal polls are here!
Find the best time for your group chat to hang out, choose a vacation destination, or ask if you should give yourself a haircut at 1 AM. Now in the latest version of Signal for iOS, Android, and Desktop.
signal.org/blog/polls/
Find the best time for your group chat to hang out, choose a vacation destination, or ask if you should give yourself a haircut at 1 AM. Now in the latest version of Signal for iOS, Android, and Desktop.
signal.org/blog/polls/
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PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Now on Desktop: Customizable chat folders
Keep healthy boundaries between friends & family or work & leisure.
Filter 1-on-1 and group chats, put all of your unread messages one place, or make project-specific folders for related chats.
Settings > Chats
Or right-click any chat
Keep healthy boundaries between friends & family or work & leisure.
Filter 1-on-1 and group chats, put all of your unread messages one place, or make project-specific folders for related chats.
Settings > Chats
Or right-click any chat
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Now on Desktop: Customizable chat folders
Keep healthy boundaries between friends & family or work & leisure.
Filter 1-on-1 and group chats, put all of your unread messages one place, or make project-specific folders for related chats.
Settings > Chats
Or right-click any chat
Keep healthy boundaries between friends & family or work & leisure.
Filter 1-on-1 and group chats, put all of your unread messages one place, or make project-specific folders for related chats.
Settings > Chats
Or right-click any chat
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hybrid PQ ratchet ensuring Forward Secrecy & Post-Compromise Security even in a post-quantum world. signal.org/blog/spqr/
Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets
We are excited to announce a significant advancement in the security of the Signal Protocol: the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s...
signal.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hybrid PQ ratchet ensuring Forward Secrecy & Post-Compromise Security even in a post-quantum world. signal.org/blog/spqr/
A reminder that Signal will never reach out to you proactively, never send you a Signal message, and never ask for your verification code. The only way to correspond with Signal is via email (support@signal.org) or the Signal Support Center (support.signal.org).
September 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A reminder that Signal will never reach out to you proactively, never send you a Signal message, and never ask for your verification code. The only way to correspond with Signal is via email (support@signal.org) or the Signal Support Center (support.signal.org).
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📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else!
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else!
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
Until now, if you lost or broke your phone, your Signal message history was *gone,* a real challenge for everyone whose most important conversations happen in Signal. So, with careful design and development, we’re rolling out opt-in secure backups.
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
Introducing Signal Secure Backups
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet...
signal.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Until now, if you lost or broke your phone, your Signal message history was *gone,* a real challenge for everyone whose most important conversations happen in Signal. So, with careful design and development, we’re rolling out opt-in secure backups.
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
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Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
June 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
We're ready for Microsoft Recall and the automatic screenshots it takes of everything on your desktop.
Signal Desktop on Windows now includes support for a new "Screen security" feature designed to block screenshots of your Signal chats.
signal.org/blog/signal-...
Signal Desktop on Windows now includes support for a new "Screen security" feature designed to block screenshots of your Signal chats.
signal.org/blog/signal-...
By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall
Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows. This setting is a...
signal.org
May 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We're ready for Microsoft Recall and the automatic screenshots it takes of everything on your desktop.
Signal Desktop on Windows now includes support for a new "Screen security" feature designed to block screenshots of your Signal chats.
signal.org/blog/signal-...
Signal Desktop on Windows now includes support for a new "Screen security" feature designed to block screenshots of your Signal chats.
signal.org/blog/signal-...
Now on Signal Desktop: A brand-new selection interface that makes it easy to find an emoji, sticker, or animated GIF that’s perfect for the moment. Happy chatting!
April 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Now on Signal Desktop: A brand-new selection interface that makes it easy to find an emoji, sticker, or animated GIF that’s perfect for the moment. Happy chatting!
Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/
March 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Right now there are a lot of new eyes on Signal, and not all of them are familiar with secure messaging and its nuances. Which means there’s misinfo flying around that might drive people away from Signal and private communications. 1/
Sometimes one way to say "thank you" just isn't enough, so merci, danke *and* bedankt 🇧🇪
March 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Sometimes one way to say "thank you" just isn't enough, so merci, danke *and* bedankt 🇧🇪
"We have ceded so many of the core operations of our lives and institutions to tech, we must recognise that strong encryption isn’t the enemy of security — it *is* security." - Signal President @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for @financialtimes.com on the war on encryption
www.ft.com/content/a934...
www.ft.com/content/a934...
The war on encryption is dangerous
Government demands to access encrypted data via back doors will leave it vulnerable to hacks, breaches and theft
www.ft.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"We have ceded so many of the core operations of our lives and institutions to tech, we must recognise that strong encryption isn’t the enemy of security — it *is* security." - Signal President @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for @financialtimes.com on the war on encryption
www.ft.com/content/a934...
www.ft.com/content/a934...
A special welcome to all the new Dutch folks!
👋🇳🇱 Welkom bij Signal! Als je nieuw bent of een tijdje bent weggeweest, zijn hier een aantal dingen die jij of je vrienden misschien niet weten over Signal:
👋🇳🇱 Welkom bij Signal! Als je nieuw bent of een tijdje bent weggeweest, zijn hier een aantal dingen die jij of je vrienden misschien niet weten over Signal:
February 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A special welcome to all the new Dutch folks!
👋🇳🇱 Welkom bij Signal! Als je nieuw bent of een tijdje bent weggeweest, zijn hier een aantal dingen die jij of je vrienden misschien niet weten over Signal:
👋🇳🇱 Welkom bij Signal! Als je nieuw bent of een tijdje bent weggeweest, zijn hier een aantal dingen die jij of je vrienden misschien niet weten over Signal:
It's always an honor to Finnish in first place. Kiitos, 🇫🇮!
January 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It's always an honor to Finnish in first place. Kiitos, 🇫🇮!