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How to use Signal, the app that lets you send encrypted messages from your smartphone

How to use Signal, the app that lets you send encrypted messages from your smartphone

Signal is one of several encrypted messaging apps for smartphones. But it's often perceived as one of the best.

How to use Signal, the app that lets you send encrypted messages from your smartphone

The app is dead simple. Here's the inbox where incoming messages live.

The app is dead simple. Here

You sign up with your cell phone number. The app can automatically detect which of your contacts also use signal.

You sign up with your cell phone number. The app can automatically detect which of your contacts also use signal.

Chats look nearly identical to iMessage. You can send text and photos. Everything is encrypted, which means only the sender and recipient can see the message.

Chats look nearly identical to iMessage. You can send text and photos. Everything is encrypted, which means only the sender and recipient can see the message.

You can also make secure voice calls over a data network. Each person is shown a random pair of words that they can use to verify the call is secure. In this case, you'd tell the person you're calling "chisel sociable" for verification.

You can also make secure voice calls over a data network. Each person is shown a random pair of words that they can use to verify the call is secure. In this case, you

And that's it! Signal may seem too simple, but that's by design so all your communication is secure. Creating an account and adding personal info stored on the app's servers would only increase risk.

And that

That's why Edward Snowden says he uses it every day.

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