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Signal

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193 articles decelerating

Signal has appeared in 193 articles since 2015-11. Coverage peaked in 2025Q1 with 14 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram, Apple.

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193
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Velocity
-85.7%
growth rate
Acceleration
-3.357
velocity change
Sources
64
publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-04-23
TechCrunch 50 related

Apple fixes a bug that stored notifications for deleted messages on iPhone and iPad, following a report that police used it to extract deleted Signal messages

Apple released a software update on Wednesday for iPhones and iPads fixing a bug that allowed law enforcement to extract messages …

2025-04-08
Reuters 5 related

Sources: US officials say DOGE is using AI to surveil at least one federal agency's communications for anti-Trump talk; a source says DOGE is also using Signal

Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists …

2025-02-22
Bloomberg 50 related

Apple removes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud in the UK after the government ordered it to build a backdoor, something the company says it will never do

Better no security than a false sense of one. Ari Cohn / @aricohn.com : Apple's UK user data is now more vulnerable.  It's not Apple's fault; they're PROTECTING users by not giving a false sense of se...

2024-08-11
The Verge 14 related

Interfax: Roskomnadzor blocked Signal in Russia for allegedly violating laws linked to anti-terrorist operations; Venezuela reportedly blocked Signal too

Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia.  The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying …

2024-08-10
The Verge 15 related

Interfax: Roskomnadzor blocked Signal in Russia for allegedly violating laws linked to anti-terrorist operations; Venezuela reportedly blocked Signal too

Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia.  The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying …

2024-06-20
Politico 13 related

EU diplomats: an EU Council vote to amend a draft law that would have forced WhatsApp and Signal to scan images and links for CSAM was removed from the agenda

Countries clash over how to safeguard privacy when rooting out illegal pictures and grooming on private chat apps.

2024-06-18
TechCrunch 9 related

Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns the EU's recent “upload moderation” proposal to detect CSAM “fundamentally undermines encryption” of messaging apps

A controversial European Union legislative proposal to scan the private messages of citizens in a bid …

2024-03-07
TechCrunch 8 related

Meta details WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability under the EU's DMA, saying third parties must use Signal's protocol, which Meta already uses for encryption

2024-03-06
TechCrunch 1 related

Meta details WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability under the EU's DMA, saying third-parties must use Signal's protocol, which Meta already uses for encryption

Meta today is offering more details about how it plans to make its messaging apps, WhatsApp and Messenger …

2023-12-02
BleepingComputer 3 related

France's prime minister recommends government staff uninstall foreign apps like Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram by December 8, in favor of French chat app Olvid

Wouldn't ever use Olvid:  —  ● promoted by French minister who considers signal.org insecure  —  ● uses biometric data  —  ● not fully open-source  —  ● not fully free  —  ● owned by a for profit (nee...

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Signal has appeared in 190 Techmeme articles since January 2015. The biggest stories include Trump officials accidentally added The Atlantic's EIC to a Signal group chat about the... and Perplexity's unsolicited $34.5B bid for Chrome with claimed VC backing is clearly a.... Frequently covered alongside WhatsApp, Telegram, Meredith Whittaker, Android, and Facebook. Coverage has shifted toward developer, consumer themes and away from regulation, safety.

Key Moments

2024Q2safety +18pts; developer +9pts; consumer -14pts
2024Q3safety -18pts; developer -9pts; consumer +21pts
2024Q4enterprise +33pts; consumer -33pts; regulation -33pts

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