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Signal
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privacy-focused encrypted messaging app
Signal is a messaging app that encrypts your conversations so that only you and the person you're communicating with can read them. It matters because it gives people a way to send private messages that are protected from being intercepted or read by outside parties, including the company that makes the app.
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Official website

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signal.org →Link to the official site · 1,343 chars · not written by Vinony
Source code
Signal Desktop links with Signal on Android or iOS and lets you message from your Windows, macOS, and Linux computers. Install the production version or help us out by installing the beta version. You can find answers to a number of frequently asked questions on our support site. The community forum is another good place for questions. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md. There are lots of ways to contribute - many that don't involve code! You can donate to Signal from inside Signal apps (Desktop, Android, or iOS), or via the web here: Signal Technology Foundation. Signal is an independent 501c3 nonprofit. This distribution includes cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to see if this is permitted. See for more information. The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms. The form and manner of this distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object code and source code.
Excerpt from the source-code README · 2,603 chars · not written by Vinony
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Encyclopedic overview
Preview release(s)
Operating system Android 6.0 or later
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