The Atlantic’s Editor-in-Chief was added to a government group chat on messaging app Signal, which is raising security concerns about where sensitive military conversations take place.
Signal is a privacy-focused messaging app, which helps its users avoid being tracked. The President of the Signal Foundation, Meredith Whittaker, has described the app as the “gold standard of private comms” and outlined Signal’s central security principle, which includes end-to-end encryption. The app also boasts impressive security features such as profile picture blurring and disappearing messages. Despite these measures, there are still concerns about how appropriate Signal is for sensitive government conversations.
However, the app remains a solid choice for businesses looking for added privacy and security, and below, we’ve outlined the best ways you can bolster your defenses while using Signal.
