Signal 7.17.0 – FREE Encrypted Messenger

Signal is an encrypted messaging service for instant messaging, voice, and video calls. The instant messaging function includes sending text, voice notes, images, videos, and other files. Communication may be one-to-one between users, or for group messaging.

The application uses a centralized computing architecture, and is cross-platform software. It is developed by the non-profit Signal Foundation and its subsidiary, Signal Messenger LLC. This software is free and open-source.

The official Android app generally uses the proprietary Google Play Services, although it can work without them. Signal is also distributed for iOS and desktop programs for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Registration for desktop use requires an iOS or Android device.

Signal uses mobile telephone numbers as identifier for users. It secures all communications with end-to-end encryption. The client software includes mechanisms by which users can independently verify the identity of their contacts and the integrity of the data channel.

The number does not have to be the same as on the device’s SIM card. It can also be a VoIP number or a landline as long as the user can receive the verification code and have a separate device to set up the software. You can register a number only on one mobile device at a time. Account registration requires an iOS or Android device.

Features:

Share Without Insecurity

State-of-the-art end-to-end encryption (powered by the open source Signal Protocol) keeps your conversations secure. Nobody can’t read your messages or listen to your calls, even developers of this app. Privacy isn’t an optional mode – it’s just the way that app works.

Say Anything

Share text, voice messages, photos, videos, GIFs and files for free. Signal uses your phone’s data connection so you can avoid SMS and MMS fees.

Speak Freely

Make crystal-clear voice and video calls to people who live across town, or across the ocean, with no long-distance charges.

Make Privacy Stick

Add a new layer of expression to your conversations with encrypted stickers. You can also create and share your own sticker packs.

Get Together with Groups

Group chats make it easy to stay connected to your family, friends, and coworkers.

No ads. No trackers.

There are no ads, no affiliate marketers, and no creepy tracking in application. So focus on sharing the moments that matter with the people who matter to you.

What’s New in version 7.17.0:

• We wanted things to be slicker and quicker for sticker clickers, so we fixed a bug that sometimes prevented Signal from launching the sticker viewer if you tried to open a sticker pack link while the app was closed.

What’s New in version 7.16.0:

• Fxed a bug that prevented the button to minimize a call from appearing while that call was reconnecting. Now you don’t need to feel disconnected from previous chats even if the internet is feeling disconnected.

What’s New in version 7.15.0:

• Now you can forward contact cards that were sent from a mobile device. Share the take-out number for your favorite restaurant without taking out your phone.
• New support for high-resolution “jumbomoji” adds larger-than-life detail to large emoji, especially on big screens with small pixels.
• updated the Sticker Creator to support the latest Emoji, so today’s stickers are no longer stuck with yesterday’s Unicode standard.

What’s New in version 7.14.0:

• If you’re tired of losing your voice, we fixed a bug where switching to another chat or application while recording a voice message could cause that message to disappear. In-progress voice messages are now saved as drafts so you can review and send them when you return to the chat.

What’s New in version 7.13.0:

• Fixed a bug that displayed images with the wrong aspect ratio if you resized the Signal Desktop window while viewing someone’s profile picture. The people you love should only look squeezed if you are giving them a hug.
• This update also improves the display of quoted replies in RTL languages.

What’s New in version 7.12.0:

• Raise your hand if you’ve been looking for another way to communicate during group calls. The new Raise Hand feature is a simple way to get someone’s attention, ask a question, or unanimously vote for a group proposal when your friend asks “all those in favor?”
• We modified the keyboard shortcut for sending a voice note to Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Y so that it no longer conflicts with the “Paste and Match Style” shortcut on Windows and Linux.
• We broke up with a bug in the crop tool, so now it’s easier and more intuitive to cut your ex (or anything else) out of the picture.

What’s New in version 7.11.0:

• Fixed a rendering bug that caused the contacts icon to smash itself right next to the contact’s name while viewing the list of participants in a group call. You’re probably really close to your contacts, but sometimes you (and the Signal Desktop user interface) both need a little space.

Homepage – https://signal.org

Supported Operating Systems:

• Windows 10, 11
• macOS 10.13 and above.
• iOS 13 and higher
• Android 5.0 and higher

Size: 126 MB

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