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Signal is one of the various instant messaging apps available on iPhone and Android that offer end-to-end encryption. The chats can be accessed by anyone else other than the parties involved in it. iMessage and WhatsApp provide similar functionality by default, while Telegram’s end-to-end encryption needs to be enabled for each separate chat.
That sort of strong encryption has made surveillance operations more difficult in the past few years, with various governments attempting to either ban encrypted devices and apps or argue for backdoors that would allow law enforcement to collect data from suspects in criminal cases. That’s the sort of approach seen in Western countries that could one day threaten encrypted products. China has a different weapon in place. The country just blocked Signal. The app can still be used in China, but the process involves using an additional service.
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