Real World Kauai
Winter Break Of Code Day Fourteen When I agreed to take part in Winter Break of Code, I had no idea what to really expect. While many people questioned my choice to spend my winter vacation writing
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They Live
Winter Break Of Code, Day Fifteen The 1988 film They Live is one of the last great masterpieces to come out of the Hollywood left (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18qD9hmU9xg). In the film, a
Paddle Out
Winter Break Of Code Day Eighteen Late this afternoon I took a break from working to surf. The sun was setting and a cool breeze was picking up as grey clouds billowed behind the mountains along
Beyond the Grunts and Clicks: An Exploration into Doing Things the Hard Way
Winter Break Of Code Day Nineteen I recently had the opportunity to listen to another amazing podcast from 99% Invisible, a program about “design, architecture and the 99% invisible activity that
Signal 2.0: Private messaging comes to the iPhone
Today we’re releasing Signal 2.0 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669), with support for TextSecure private messaging. It is now possible to send end-to-end
Just Signal
Today we’ve started rolling out Signal for Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms), which unites simple private messaging and simple private calling into
Signal Desktop
Today we’re making the Signal Desktop beta available. Signal Desktop brings the trusted private messaging experience of Signal to the desktop, with a simplicity that allows you to seamlessly
Signal on the outside, Signal on the inside
A few months ago we completed (/blog/just-signal) the process of unifying all of our apps across Android, iOS, and the Desktop under the name ‘Signal.’ This simplified the language around our
Reproducible Signal builds for Android
As of our latest Android release, Signal builds are reproducible. Reproducible builds help to verify that the source code in our GitHub repository (https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android) is
WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete
At Open Whisper Systems, our goal is to make private communication simple. A year ago, we announced a partnership (https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp/) with WhatsApp and committed to
Signal Desktop beta now publicly available
--> For the past few months, the Signal Desktop beta has been available through an invitation program (/blog/signal-desktop). We’ve gotten a lot of feedback, made a lot of improvements, and are
Reflections: The ecosystem is moving
At Open Whisper Systems, we’ve been developing open source “consumer-facing” software for the past four years. We want to share some of the things we’ve learned while doing it. As a
Open Whisper Systems partners with Google on end-to-end encryption for Allo
At Open Whisper Systems, our goal is to make private communication simple. The foundation of our technology is Signal Protocol, a modern, open source, strong encryption protocol
License update
Signal Protocol is a modern, open source, strong encryption protocol (/blog/advanced-ratcheting) for asynchronous messaging systems. We use Signal Protocol as the foundation for our own private
Facebook Messenger deploys Signal Protocol for end-to-end encryption
Facebook Messenger has started rolling out Secret Conversations (https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/07/messenger-starts-testing-end-to-end-encryption-with-secret-conversations/), a feature that
Disappearing messages for Signal
The latest Signal release for iPhone, Android, and Desktop now includes support for disappearing messages. The timer has come With this update, any conversation can be configured to delete sent and
Signal and GIPHY
The latest Signal release for Android includes support for GIF search and browsing. Signal has long supported sending and receiving GIFs, but this is an experiment that allows users to browse,
Safety number updates
The latest Signal release includes some changes to the way safety numbers work. Safety numbers allow Signal users to verify the privacy of their communication with a contact, either by comparing a
Doodles, stickers, and censorship circumvention for Signal Android
The latest Signal for Android release includes support for adding doodles, stickers, and text to images. This release also includes support for censorship circumvention in Egypt and the United Arab
Video calls for Signal out of beta
We recently released encrypted video calling as an opt-in beta (/blog/signal-video-calls-beta). We’ve spent the past month collecting feedback and addressing the issues that the Signal community
