Signal (software) | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-01-13

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:01:08 1 History
00:01:16 1.1 2010–2013: Origins
00:03:05 1.2 2013–present: Open Whisper Systems
00:07:33 2 Features
00:10:20 3 Limitations
00:11:49 3.1 Android specific
00:12:34 4 Usability
00:13:50 5 Architecture
00:13:59 5.1 Encryption protocols
00:16:48 5.1.1 Authentication
00:17:39 5.2 Servers
00:18:25 5.2.1 Contact discovery
00:19:45 5.2.2 Metadata
00:21:10 5.2.3 Federation
00:22:45 5.3 Licensing
00:23:44 5.4 Distribution
00:24:32 6 Reception
00:28:22 6.1 Blocking
00:29:41 7 Developers and funding
00:31:02 8 See also



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Signal is an encrypted communications app for Android and iOS.  A desktop version is also available for Linux, Windows, and macOS.  It uses the Internet to send one-to-one and group messages, which can include files, voice notes, images and videos, and make one-to-one voice and video calls.Signal uses standard cellular mobile numbers as identifiers, and uses end-to-end encryption to secure all communications to other Signal users. The applications include mechanisms by which users can independently verify the identity of their messaging correspondents and the integrity of the data channel.The Android version of Signal can optionally also function as an SMS app.Signal is developed by Open Whisper Systems. The clients are published as free and open-source software under the GPLv3 license. The server code is published under the AGPLv3 license. In February 2018, the non-profit Signal Foundation was launched with an initial funding of $50 million.