Hacker News with Generative AI: Signal

Signal war plans messages disappear from CIA director's phone (newsweek.com)
Signal messages discussing sensitive U.S. military plans were not on CIA director John Ratcliffe's phone when the CIA reviewed them, the CIA's Chief Data Officer has said.

CIA, National Security, Signal, Messaging, Government

13 points by bentobean 10 days ago | 5 comments

SignalBotOne – Notification Webhooks for Signal (signalbot.one)
Receive messages on Signal via a simple API.Perfect for notifications and alerts.

Signal, Webhooks, Notifications, API

60 points by danslo 29 days ago | 49 comments

Signal to leave Sweden if backdoor law passes (swedenherald.com)
The government wants Signal and Whatsapp to be forced to store messages sent using the apps. If it becomes a reality, we'll leave Sweden, says Signal's CEO Meredith Whittaker to SVT News.

Signal, Privacy, Sweden, Law, Government

488 points by km 60 days ago | 266 comments

A Signal Update Fends Off a Phishing Technique Used in Russian Espionage (wired.com)
Google warns that hackers tied to Russia are tricking Ukrainian soldiers with fake QR codes for Signal group invites that let spies steal their messages. Signal has pushed out new safeguards.

Cybersecurity, Espionage, Russia, Signal, Ukraine

11 points by 01-_- 66 days ago | 2 comments

Russian phishing campaigns exploit Signal's device-linking feature (bleepingcomputer.com)
Russian threat actors have been launching phishing campaigns that exploit the legitimate “Linked Devices” feature in the Signal messaging app to gain unauthorized access to accounts of interest.

Cybersecurity, Phishing, Signal, Messaging Apps, Russia

7 points by todsacerdoti 66 days ago | 0 comments

X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links (disruptionist.com)
Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, is currently banning links to “Signal.me,” a URL used by the encrypted messaging service Signal.

Social Media, Censorship, Elon Musk, Signal

803 points by confusing3478 68 days ago | 758 comments

Signal silently falls back to unsealed sender messages if server returns 401 (github.com/signalapp)

Security, Privacy, Messaging, Signal, Software

11 points by alohapersona4 132 days ago | 0 comments

Improving Private Signal Calls: Call Links and More (signal.org)
If you love group calls on Signal, but don’t want to create a group chat for every combination of your friends or colleagues, you’re in luck. Today we’re launching call links: Share a link with anyone on Signal and in just a tap or click they can join the call. No group chat required.

Privacy, Communication, Signal, Mobile Apps, Collaboration

6 points by feross 165 days ago | 0 comments

Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding (2023) (kitklarenberg.com)

Signal, Security, Funding, CIA

4 points by mvelbaum 239 days ago | 0 comments

Signal maybe facing collapse after CIA cuts Funding (kitklarenberg.com)

Signal, Cybersecurity, Funding, CIA

9 points by CHEF-KOCH 244 days ago | 2 comments

Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia (theverge.com)

Signal, Censorship, Venezuela, Russia

10 points by rntn 259 days ago | 5 comments

Signal Developer Explains Why Early Encrypted Messaging Tools Flopped (pcmag.com)