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Signal is an open source encrypted messaging service that is frequently recommended to highly vulnerable users such as human rights activists, whistleblowers, and journalists whose lives and/or freedom can depend on their ability to maintain private and secure communication. | Signal is an open source encrypted messaging service that is frequently recommended to highly vulnerable users such as human rights activists, whistleblowers, and journalists whose lives and/or freedom can depend on their ability to maintain private and secure communication. | ||
Though they maintain a public image as a company with user-centric and minimal data collection practices, starting in 2020 Signal began quietly collecting and storing sensitive user data on their cloud database. Signal's changes to what data is collected and how it is stored were made without obtaining user consent. For a service that is trusted by users in privacy-critical situations, they have failed to allow current and prospective users to make informed choices about the risks they are taking when using Signal. | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||