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Signal’s Encrypted Past
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Recently, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the American magazine The Atlantic, revealed a ridiculous story. He was mistakenly pulled into a Signal group chat called Houthi PC by a senior US national security official, and witnessed US Vice President Vance and others ridiculing Europe in the group, and witnessed senior officials discussing the details of a military strike against the Houthi armed forces in Yemen two hours before the US military actually took action. As the incident was exposed, Vice President Vance, Secretary of Defense Hegseth, Secretary of State Rubio, CIA Director Ratcliffe and other senior US officials became the objects of ridicule, and the emoticons used by the senior officials in the group 👊🇺🇸🔥 also became a hot topic on the Internet.
This isn’t the first time Signal has become a big hit. Long before it became an accidental witness to U.S. military operations, the instant messaging app was widely recognized by the tech community and privacy advocates for its superior privacy protection capabilities. Well-known figures such as Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Prism Gate whistleblower Edward Snowden have publicly praised Signal. In early 2021, when WhatsApp announced an update to its privacy policy, Musk simply posted a suggestion to Use Signal on Twitter, and Signal’s downloads surged, causing its verification system to crash.
This incident also brought a lot of exposure to Signal. Signal's Android store downloads surpassed WhatsApp and other apps, ranking first. Signal's official X account posted that sometimes it is not enough to say thank you in just one way, so merci, danke and bedankt
Signal's core advantage lies in its advanced end-to-end encryption technology. All communication content, including text, voice, video and emojis, can only be interpreted by the sender and the receiver. Even if the communication is intercepted, the eavesdropper can only see meaningless strings. This encryption mechanism makes it impossible for even Signal itself to read the user's communication content, and does not collect metadata, save call records, or perform cloud backup, which fundamentally eliminates the possibility of data leakage.
In this era of constant struggle between encryption and decryption, privacy and surveillance, Signal has become a unique existence - it is both a symbol of resistance and a tool of power; it is both a bastion of privacy and a stage for accidental leaks. Signal, the ship, carries all kinds of passengers, from government officials to anarchists, from cryptocurrency enthusiasts to ordinary users, heading towards a more chaotic future.
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