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[Sai Jai]

Signal Launched a Payment Service to send secured Crypto currency among ur contacts

https://twitter.com/x/status/1480744224312070147

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[Siva]

Signal’s founder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike will be stepping down and WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton will take charge as the interim CEO.

Moxie in his official blog post said, "I will be transitioning out as CEO over the next month in order to focus on the candidate search. Brian Acton, who is also on the Signal Foundation board, has volunteered to serve as interim CEO during the search period"

New year, new CEO

It’s a new year, and I’ve decided it’s a good time to replace myself as the CEO of Signal. I have now been working on Signal for almost a decade. It has always been my goal for Signal to grow and sustain beyond my involvement, but four years ago that would still not have been possible. I was writ...

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[Bapun]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1481400631340326919

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[Bapun]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1489634983601795072

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[Bapun]

Signal alerts 1,900 messaging users to a security threat from Twilio hackers

Whoever hacked Twilio searched for specific Signal users.

www.theverge.com

 

[Bapun]

This change will only affect you if you use Signal as your default SMS app on Android. Meaning that you use Signal on Android to receive and send both Signal and SMS messages from within the Signal interface.

If you do use Signal as your default SMS app on Android, you will need to select a new default SMS app on your phone. If you want to keep them, you’ll also need to export your SMS messages from Signal into that new app.

Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)

For many years, the Signal app on Android has supported sending and receiving plaintext SMS and MMS messages in addition to Signal messages. SMS and MMS are standardized communication protocols that allow mobile devices to send and transmit messages, and most people picking up their phone to text...

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[Bapun]

Stories are now available on Signal for Android and iOS, with Desktop coming soon!

Story Time

If your favorite way to update your friends about life disappears in 24 hours, we’ve got some happy news for you. Stories are now available on Signal for Android and iOS, with Desktop coming soon!

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[OnlyTech]

Stories are available for Android and iOS users on the latest version of the Signal app. The company also plans to release the feature for desktop users soon.

Signal rolling out Stories feature for Android and iOS users

 

[Bapun]

Today we are happy to announce the first step in advancing quantum resistance for the Signal Protocol: an upgrade to the X3DH specification which we are calling PQXDH. With this upgrade, we are adding a layer of protection against the threat of a quantum computer being built in the future that is powerful enough to break current encryption standards.

Quantum Resistance and the Signal Protocol

The Signal Protocol is a set of cryptographic specifications that provides end-to-end encryption for private communications exchanged daily by billions of people around the world. After its publication in 2013, the Signal Protocol was adopted not only by Signal but well beyond. Technical informat...

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[Bapun]

Signal is publicly testing letting users add usernames to their accounts so they don’t have to share their phone number to connect via the encrypted messaging service.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1722349114304708669

Signal tests usernames so you can avoid sharing your phone number

Ahead of an expected launch next year.

www.theverge.com