Signal is famous for good end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp is following suit. At DEFCON, two Austrians show what the messengers reveal nonetheless.

Several keys secure messages in the Signal protocol, as used by Whatsapp. Attackers can disable one of them, which is also ...

Signal and WhatsApp may look similar on the surface, but their philosophies couldn’t be more different. One is backed by a data-collecting corporation; the other is run by a nonprofit that ...

Signal is also open-source, which is unique on this list. That means anyone can look at and inspect the code used to make Signal work and ensure the app is doing what it's supposed to.

Signal is owned by the San Francisco-based nonprofit Signal Foundation, created in 2018 by WhatsApp founders Moxie Marlinspike and Brian Acton. The duo sold WhatsApp to Facebook in 2014 for $19 ...

Signal isn’t the only end-to-end encrypted messaging app available, but its protocol serves as the backbone of other popular EE2E messaging alternatives like WhatsApp.

Metadata: Signal does not collect or store metadata, while WhatsApp collects some user data, such as device information and usage patterns, which are shared with Meta.

Signal is owned by the San Francisco-based nonprofit Signal Foundation, created in 2018 by WhatsApp founders Moxie Marlinspike and Brian Acton. The duo sold WhatsApp to Facebook in 2014 for $19 ...

Signal, the most secure widely available messaging app, has become a go-to resource for journalists, leakers and other people concerned about privacy. But it’s not infallible.

A hacker breached TeleMessage, a government-approved messaging app used by Trump administration officials, exposing archived communications from the platform’s modified version of Signal, 404 ...

The first can be found within Settings—Apps— [Signal/WhatsApp]—Contacts. If this is set to anything but “None,” then the messaging app will pull contact details through.

Despite WhatsApp's improved security features like end-to-end encryption, it's still hard to fully trust the app.