Signal head defends messaging app's security after US war plan leak

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Signal head defends messaging app's security after US war plan leak
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FILE PHOTO: Meredith Whittaker, President of the Signal Foundation, attends the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Signal's Meredith Whittaker did not directly address the blunder, which Democraticlawmakers have said was a breach of U.S. national security. But she described the app as the"gold standard in private comms" in a post on X, which outlined Signal's security advantages over Meta's WhatsApp messaging app.

Signal has been growing in popularity in Europe and the United States as an alternative to WhatsApp because it collects very little data about its users. In a February interview with De Telegraaf, a Dutch newspaper, Whittaker said Signal was a safer alternative because WhatsApp collects metadata which can be used to see who messages whom, and how often.

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