US government officials discussed war plans in a Signal chat, then blamed the leaks on the messaging app. But Signal and other encrypted apps are secure—as long as you use them correctly. I review ...

The security of U.S. government officials’ communications has come under the spotlight again after a modified Signal app used to archive data from third-party messaging apps was hacked in less than 30 ...

The Signal encrypted messaging application is seen on a mobile device in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 26 March, 2025. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto) I don’t know very much ...

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The Signalgate scandal that enveloped US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in March appears to be symptomatic of a wider lax attitude towards the use of non-approved messaging apps by officials and ...

Encrypted messaging app Signal continues to see spiking downloads in the wake of the messaging scandal that saw The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg added to a group chat where high-ranking ...

Signal founder Moxie Marlinspike joked that “Signalgate” is one of the many reasons to use the app. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch Last week’s revelations about a group chat among top ...