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Source-backed from Signal Terms & Privacy Policy

20
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
4
verified controls

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Camera & Photos 1 finding
  • Contacts 2 findings
  • Messages 4 findings
  • Sharing 6 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 4 findings
  • Other 3 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Contacts No verified control Your contacts may be hashed and sent to Signal's server

What this means

Signal says information from the contacts on your device may be cryptographically hashed and transmitted to its server to find which contacts are registered.

Information from the contacts on your device may be cryptographically hashed and sent to Signal's server to find which of your contacts are registered.

Why this matters

Your address book can include people who never chose to use Signal.

What the policy says

Information from the contacts on your device may be cryptographically hashed and transmitted to the server in order to determine which of your contacts are registered .

From Signal Terms & Privacy Policy

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What you can do

No verified user-facing control found.

In the Signal documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that directly changes this practice, or a wider option that reaches it.

Sharing Signal says it does not sell or monetize your data

What this means

Signal's terms say it does not sell, rent or monetize your personal data or content in any way.

Signal says it does not sell, rent or monetize your personal data or content in any way.

Why this matters

It tells you whether Signal makes money from your personal data.

What the policy says

Signal does not sell, rent or monetize your personal data or content in any way – ever.

From Signal Terms & Privacy Policy

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Messages Privacy control available Signal says your message history is stored on your own devices

What this means

Signal's privacy policy says your message history is stored on your own devices.

Why this matters

Where your history is stored affects who could access it.

What the policy says

Your message history is stored on your own devices.

From Signal Terms & Privacy Policy

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What you can do

A verified privacy control can reduce this.

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12 more key findings a free account opens, by topic

  • Controls & Permissions 3
  • Other 3
  • Messages 2
  • Sharing 2
  • Camera & Photos 1
  • Contacts 1

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A free account opens all 15 key findings. 5 additional reviewed findings are available in the complete report.

  • Messages 1 more
  • Sharing 3 more
  • Controls & Permissions 1 more

  • Complete report

    5 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

  • Privacy Tune-Up

    4 verified privacy controls, 1 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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