Signal defends app security amid group chat controversy

The president of Signal defended the security of the encrypted messaging app on Tuesday after a bombshell report revealed top Trump administration officials used the app to discuss airstrike plans hours before they took place.

In a lengthy post on the social platform X on Tuesday night, Signal President Meredith Whittaker called the app the “gold standard in private comms” without directly mentioning the ongoing controversy over the officials’ group chat.

“We’re open source, nonprofit, and we develop and apply e2ee [end-to-end encryption] and privacy preserving tech across our system to protect metadata and message contents,” Whittaker wrote. “Check out <signal dot org slash bigbrother> to see just how little data we are able to provide in response to the subpoenas we’re not able to resist.”

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