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Signal App - The Private Messenger

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What is Signal App & Why to use it? Signal is a cross-platform encrypted messaging service developed by the Signal Foundation and Signal Messenger. It uses the Internet to send one-to-one and group messages, which can include files, voice notes, images and videos. It can also be used to make one-to-one and group voice and video calls,and the Android version can optionally function as an SMS app. Signal uses standard cellular telephone numbers as identifiers and secures all communications to other Signal users with end-to-end encryption.The apps include mechanisms by which users can independently verify the identity of their contacts and the integrity of the data channel. Signal’s software is free and open source. Its clients are published under the GPLv3 while the server code is published under the AGPLv3 license.The Android app also includes third-party components which are closed-source.The non-profit organization Signal Foundation was launched in February 2018 with initial fu...