lineageos-fairphone/KnownToWork/Signal.md

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{:tags [degoogled, needs-no-google-apps, chat, encrypted]}
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| Website | https://signal.org/ |
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|---------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Android | yes [see..](https://signal.org/download/) |
| apple | yes [see..](https://signal.org/download/) |
| linux | yes [see..](https://signal.org/download/) |
| win | yes [see..](https://signal.org/download/) |
# Signal
Signal is another messenger, a huge benefit is that Signal is Open-Source and the end-to-end decryption keeps you data secure.
Signal is recommended by many privacy advocates like Edward Snowden and is moreover an independent nonprofit.
# Data Flow
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![](img/SignalDataFlow.svg)
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# Privacy
All your messages are stored locally on your device, so the messages you send only exist on Signals servers during transit where they are end-to-end encrypted.
As long as your phone is safe, your Signal messages are safe as well.
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Because your data are only stored locally you have to perform a backup of your messages if you want to keep them after changing your phone or before installing LineageOS. Therefore you have to create a backup-file.
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# Reviews