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 received messages after a specified interval. The configuration applies to all parties of a convers...
Introducing Signal Secure Backups
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet messages, important documents, or anything else you don’t want to lose forever. This explains wh...
Your Phone Notifications Reveal More Than You Realize. Here’s How to Lock Them Down
A recent case shows law enforcement can see incoming Signal messages by searching an iPhone, even after the Signal app has been deleted. Here’s what to know, and how to protect yourself.
Signal Messenger: Speak Freely
Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
The Lost Discipline of the Alarm: What Notification Design Forgot
A Theory of Messaging Styles & Ghosting.
Online communication tools serve many purposes. So does silence.
How to Use Signal Encrypted Messaging
The best end-to-end encrypted messaging app has a host of security features. Here are the ones you should care about.
Signal-Desktop: how to export messages?
How can signal-desktop messages be exported? I want to backup my correspondence. Is it possible at all?
Quiet - Private messaging. No servers.
Quiet is available for all major platforms. (And eventually the web, too!)
Quiet - Private messaging. No servers.
Quiet is available for all major platforms. (And eventually the web, too!)
Mossberg: The tyranny of messaging and notifications
Can we endure even one more communications service?
Beeper — All your chats in one app
Get the most popular messaging services, all in a single app. WhatsApp, Signal, Instagram, Telegram, and more.
Signal Desktop Chat History: How to Transfer it
Are you looking for your Signal desktop chat history? Follow along with the methods mentioned here to retrieve your texts quickly!
proto instant messenger
AIM-inspired group chat on the AT Protocol. Real-time chat rooms, presence, away messages — a safe space for community.
proto instant messenger
AIM-inspired group chat on the AT Protocol. Real-time chat rooms, presence, away messages — a safe space for community.
Underrated "feature" of AIM / IRC: you could only send people messages if they were online! Sort of built-in backpressure. If you're busy, you won't sign on much, so you won't end up with a "big unread count". Feels so quaint now, like a little village. Say hi to your friends during passeggiata…
