Signal allows users to send end-to-end encrypted group, text, picture as well as audio and video messages. It’s an open-source initiative which is provided for free of charge by Signal Foundation, a non-profit organisation. Signal is a typical one-tap install app which works like other usual text messaging app. We examines basic things to know about the app which has continued to pull the strings across several quarters.

We are working with carriers to resolve this as quickly as possible. Verification codes are currently delayed across several providers because so many new people are trying to join Signal right now (we can barely register our excitement). Shortly after Musk’s endorsement, Signal tweeted that it was working to handle the surge of new users.

It has so far secured over 10 million downloads and 615,000 reviews on Google play store. The app saw a surge in downloads after WhatsApp’s infamous terms of service started showing up on people’s notifications. The post elicited more reactions and pulled weight when Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, shared it and thereafter reiterated his support for the app in a follow-up post. “Use Signal,” he had written in a terse post, which has garnered nearly 50,000 retweets, 15,000 comments and over 310,000 likes as of the time this report was filed. The spotlight beamed on the app on Thursday after Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, who doubles as the world’s richest man, recommended it for people.

Signal, an instant messaging application like WhatsApp or Telegram, has continued to dominate talks on social media platforms.

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