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Signal overview
Signal is fast, simple, secure messaging for the desktop. It now runs independently of your browser, so, if you’re a Firefox or Safari user, you don’t need to install Chrome to send and receive Signal messages on your computer anymore; if you’re a Chrome user, having your browser open will no longer be synonymous with having Signal Desktop open.
Features:
- Send high-quality group, text, voice, video, document, and picture messages anywhere in the world without SMS or MMS fees.
- Make crystal-clear voice and video calls to people who live across town, or across the ocean, with no long-distance charges.
- Signal messages and calls are always end-to-end encrypted and painstakingly engineered to keep your communication safe. We can't read your messages or see your calls, and no one else can either.
- Keep your chat history tidy with messages that you can set to disappear. Choose different disappearing message intervals for each conversation. Everyone in the thread shares the same setting. Good memories will last even if the words vanish.
- As an Open Source project supported by grants and donations, Signal can put users first. There are no ads, no affiliate marketers, no creepy tracking. Just open technology for a fast, simple, and secure messaging experience. The way it should be.
What’s new in version 5.22.0
Updated on Oct 29 2021
Version 5.22.0:
- This version contains a number of small tweaks and bug fixes to keep Signal running smoothly.
Information
App requirements
- Intel 64
- OS X 10.11.0 or later
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Oct 22 2021
Version: 1.40.1
When a developer makes it impossible to use their app, then adds the total lack of technical support, the app is crap. Signal is crap. What a shame. - - Anyone want details? I have details.
Jun 22 2021
Version: 1.40.1
Version v5.6.1 still stalls on startup: "Optimizing application..."
I would prefer an unoptimized application that just startups fine...
Apr 9 2021
Version: 1.40.1
Audio and Video Calls on desktop with Signal are such a nice addition.
Dec 25 2020
Version: 1.39.4
Signal wasn't hacked. Bad Celebrite, bad media reporting https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-and-clickbait/
Dec 7 2020
Version: 1.36.3
Resource hog. The chats are supposedly secure but why is this 150MB what else does it do? Seems huge for a messaging app.
Apr 3 2020
Version: 1.32.3
Awesome software that keeps getting better. And the best part: it is open source. Sadly audio and video calls are still missing from the desktop variant:
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/2021
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/554
but are available in the mobile version of the app. Here's hope they manage to add that missing functionality to their electron desktop app.
Jul 31 2019
Version: 1.25.3
I hope all is aware the whois lookup displays a company register number in Afghanistan !
Jun 28 2019
Version: 1.25.2
My buddies and me are already hooked on Keybase (encrypted comms, encrypted git repo, encrypted distributed filesystem both public and private) but I totally support Signal and everything that comes from Open Whisper Systems <3
Oct 27 2018
Version: 1.17.0
Signal v1.17.1 is now available. But no security patch is evident. The developer remains entirely silent about the known security problem. BE CAREFUL.
"• We fixed a bug in group conversations that was causing Avatar updates to be delayed. Your move, James Cameron.
• The "Download Attachment" menu option should now work for users whose Signal window is extremely narrow."
Oct 24 2018
Version: 1.17.0
DANGER! Signal version 1.17.0 was a known security flaw! The developer has been contacted, but there has as yet been no response. Read the article linked below before depending upon Signal for encryption security. Watch for the next update to patch this flaw.
Signal Desktop Leaves Message Decryption Key in Plain Sight
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/signal-desktop-leaves-message-decryption-key-in-plain-sight/
Aug 14 2018
Version: 1.14.4
Version 1.15.4 released on August 13 does not launch at all. Menu Signal or Quit, that's all you got.
Jan 13 2018
Version: 1.1.0
I like this so far. Wish more people would use it.
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