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Signal president Meredith Whittaker has defended the platform’s security after senior Trump administration officials mistakenly included a journalist in a private Signal group chat discussing U.S. military action against Yemen’s Houthis.
Although Whittaker did not directly address the national security blunder — which Democratic lawmakers have condemned as a serious breach — she posted on X describing Signal as the “gold standard in private comms,” and highlighted the app’s security advantages over Meta’s WhatsApp.
“We’re open source, nonprofit, and we develop and apply end-to-end encryption and privacy-preserving tech across our system to protect metadata and message contents,” Whittaker wrote.
Signal has seen steady growth in both Europe and the U.S., increasingly used as a secure alternative to WhatsApp. Data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower shows Signal downloads in the U.S. rose 16% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, and 25% compared to the same period last year.
In a recent interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Whittaker criticised WhatsApp’s collection of metadata, warning it could reveal who communicates with whom and how often — and be shared with authorities if compelled.
In response, a WhatsApp spokesperson said the platform relies on metadata to combat spam and prevent abuse, but stressed it does not keep logs of who messages whom or track personal conversations for advertising purposes.
The incident has renewed attention on how encrypted platforms are used by governments — and how easily operational security can still be compromised.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
China has voiced its readiness to enhance high-level exchanges with France during a strategic dialogue between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Emmanuel Bonne, the French president’s diplomatic adviser, according to a statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu appears likely to survive two no-confidence votes in parliament on Thursday (16 October) after offering to suspend President Emmanuel Macron's landmark pension reform to win support from the left.
The detonation of explosive devices on two bridges in Ecuador early on Wednesday (15 October) was retaliation for a major military operation against illegal miners, the country's interior minister said.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to stop buying oil from Russia, and Trump said he would next try to get China to do the same as Washington intensifies efforts to cut off Moscow’s energy revenues.
China’s largest state-owned airlines have criticised a U.S. plan to stop them flying over Russia on journeys to or from the United States, warning it would inconvenience travellers and raise costs.
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