Signal - Private Messenger 12+

Not sure whether anyone else experiences this for each and every update, but I received a notification re an update Tuesday this week, which I dutifully downloaded and then opened briefly.. I then checked in to the AppStore this morning to see if any updates are available and see the same update once more requiring download and install.

I have reported this behaviour previously and the response I received from the Devs was that this would be expected behaviour if I were on the Beta channel... but I’m not. I am however in the U.K. which is why I am especially anxious as to whether there is any less than subtle replacing of trusted binaries taking place, given one can’t exactly readily check for reproducible build and sideload having confirmed checksums...

I therefore ask again, particularly in light of further overtures in certain quarters about bypassing Signals security by circumventing authentication in group chats (for eg;) can an explanation be provided for this persistent, recurrent behaviour as lack of the same is making me question the integrity of this App.

Unlike its well known competitors, Signal does not collect any data about you, or track your usage. It takes privacy seriously. It is funded by a non-profit foundation, and it can never be sold to big tech company. Cofounder of WhatsApp, Brian Acton (who quit Facebook over their lack of emphasis on user privacy), provided $50M to the creator of Signal to establish the foundation. Signal’s codebase is also fully open source meaning it can be reviewed and publicly audited so that we can be sure it is safe, secure and keeps our communication private.

After years of being uneasy with WhatsApp, I finally deleted it and am pleased to see so many of my friends joining this week. Signal puts its user’s privacy first and is now the only messaging app I want on my device. It’s great to see so many others waking up to the privacy risks from using Facebook’s services.

I’ve used signal and I’ve donated to signal. I’ve never liked anything FB owned but due to this service having issues I’m struggling to get people to change. Notifications are hit and miss, I don’t want stickers, wallpaper or anything infantile, some photo messages arrive blurry and no idea why. But the latest update has restricted sending to multiple people, now only 5 are permitted. Once of my most hated WhatsApp features. Also I can’t go to media and select multiple images to forward, the only option is to delete. If I do them one by one (very tedious) when I’ve done the second a keyboard appears which cannot be removed - I have to go back to the original sender, find out where I was up to and go again. The aggravation in using Signal may send me back to WhatsApp for these features. Developers please take note - we aren’t all kids and we need features for grumpy, impatient, time restrained adults that just want to share photos and jokes sometimes.