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6 stories from signal.org have been shared on Kiwi News since 8 December 2023, with 23 upvotes and 3 comments in total. The latest was shared on 3 October 2025. They are listed below, most upvoted first.
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- Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
Signal is rolling out three features that make users' phone numbers more private: a new default that hides the number from people who don't have it saved in their contacts, an optional setting that stops others from finding an account by phone number, and optional usernames for starting conversations without sharing a number. The features are in beta and are expected to reach everyone in the coming weeks, and both parties need the latest app version to use them. Signal says all of these options are optional, and users still need a phone number to sign up. Usernames must be unique and end in two or more numbers, and Signal does not provide a searchable directory of them.
- Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive
Signal argues that it needs substantial funding to operate as a privacy-focused nonprofit, and it estimates that it will require approximately $50 million a year by 2025. Its current infrastructure costs are about $14 million a year as of November 2023, including $1.3 million for storage and $6 million for registration fees. Signal says it avoids monetizing surveillance and relies instead on donations, including an initial loan from Brian Acton, with a goal of being funded mainly by small donors.
- Signal: Government Communication
Signal says it holds very little user data and cannot share message or account content in response to legal requests because it never had that content. The organization states that it end-to-end encrypts both content and metadata by default, and that it lacks access to messages, calls, profile information, group information, contacts, stories and call logs. The text's heading references a grand jury subpoena for Signal user data in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, dated 06 Mar 2026, but the excerpt does not describe the subpoena's details or outcome.
- Germany on verge of a catastrophic reversing opposition to the EU’s Chat Control
- By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall
Signal Desktop has added a "Screen security" setting, enabled by default on Windows 11, that blocks screenshots of Signal chats to protect them from Microsoft Recall. Signal says Recall, which takes screenshots of apps every few seconds and stores them in a searchable database, still places content shown in privacy-preserving apps at risk. Signal notes that Microsoft has not provided developers granular settings to protect such content, and that the setting can be disabled but shows a warning and requires confirmation. The setting applies only to the local computer and does not affect screenshots on other devices.
- New Branding, Same Scanning “Upload Moderation” Undermines End-to-End Encryption