Question: What’s the difference between Signal and WhatsApp, and should I switch? Answer: Until recent news involving the Signal app, it was a relatively unknown messaging app compared with WhatsApp ...

The Trump administration is facing heavy blowback for using Signal, a messaging app, to discuss sensitive military plans. On March 24, officials’ usage of the app was revealed after The Atlantic ...

The Trump administration is facing heavy blowback for using Signal, a messaging app, to discuss sensitive military plans. On March 24, officials’ usage of the app was revealed after The Atlantic ...

The recent national security breach involving a Signal group chat has raised concerns regarding the messaging app’s security. Cybersecurity experts are split on how secure the encrypted messaging ...

Senior government officials mistakenly invited the editor in chief of the Atlantic to a group chat on the messaging app Signal, where the focus of conversation was U.S. airstrikes against rebel groups ...

The controversy around “Signalgate”—top government officials accidentally including a journalist in their group chat discussing details of a military attack in Yemen—has become the new Trump ...

When top White House defense and national security leaders discussed plans for an attack on targets in Yemen over messaging app Signal, it raised many questions about operational security and ...

Top Trump administration officials accidentally shared highly sensitive attack plans on Iranian-backed militants in Yemen with a journalist on the messaging app Signal. Signal is a free, encrypted ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. The Signal encrypted messaging app is seen on a mobile device with ...

A magazine journalist's account of being added to a group chat of U.S. national security officials coordinating plans for airstrikes has raised questions about how highly sensitive information is ...

With news this week of the messaging app being used to discuss war plans, we get you up to speed on what Signal should be used for—and what it shouldn’t. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our ...

Signal and WhatsApp are both end-to-end encrypted messaging apps, but they differ in ownership and data collection practices. WhatsApp, owned by Meta, collects metadata on users, while Signal, a ...