Top Trump administration officials used messaging app Signal to share war plans and mistakenly included a journalist in the encrypted chat, spurring calls by Democratic lawmakers for a congressional investigation into the security breach. Here are some facts about the secure messaging service.
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said in a report on Monday that U.S. national security adviser Mike Waltz accidentally added him on March 13 to an encrypted chat group on the Signal messaging app coordinating U.S. action against Yemen's Houthi rebel group over its attacks on Red Sea shipping.
Unlike other messaging apps, Signal does not track or store user data, and its code is publicly available, so security experts can verify how it works and ensure it remains safe.Signal is an open-source and fully encrypted messaging service that runs on centralized servers maintained by Signal Messenger.
The company uses no ads or affiliate marketers, and doesn't track users' data, as stated on its website. In February 2018, Marlinspike alongside WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton started the non-profit Signal Foundation, which currently oversees the app. Acton provided an initial funding of $50 million US.
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