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Signal is a cross-platform encrypted messaging service. It uses the Internet to send one-to-one and group messages, which can include files, voice notes, images and videos. It can also be used to make one-to-one and group voice and video calls.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Signal users through our website.
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Messaging (55%)
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Connection (26%)
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App Crashing (14%)
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Sign in (2%)
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Multimedia (2%)
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Glitches (2%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Signal outage reports came from the following cities:
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| Leipzig |
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Signal Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Stephen Baker
(@zsjr) reported
@signalapp Bad call by @signalapp. While SMS messages were not encypted in transit, they were encrypted at rest in database. I had no problem identifying the absence of lock icon indicating SMS.
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Horton H.A. Whoo
(@hortstu) reported
@mer__edith @signalapp This is a horrible decision. Allow users to opt out or something. The majority of my contacts don't use signal. This will make the app next to worthless and I won't be able to leave it as the default messaging app (alert issue). I've been using for years. This is a bad idea.
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Aaron Toponce ⚛️
(@AaronToponce) reported
@TychoTithonus @signalapp Maybe the problem isn't Signal supporting SMS, but the false evangelical argument: you can use both SMS and Signal in one app on Android. Where instead, the argument should have been: we need to stop using insecure SMS.
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Phillip Hallam-Baker 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧
(@hallam) reported
@benadida @signalapp It would be nice to be able to believe that but I have been burned by 'not for profit' entities so many times. If Signal is not trying to establish a proprietary lock, why not open up the protocol so that anyone can be a service provider?
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phillip
(@phillipopfer) reported
@deviantollam @signalapp I have been having issues with signal if my phone is in any power saver mode.
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Rootfake
(@RandoTCustomer) reported
@signalapp This is a seriously terrible idea, sms has its issues, but signal was always something I could recommend to android users as a "hey, this app will handle text messaging seamlessly, and will encrypt with the other people you know who care about privacy". Dropping sms is a bad move
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(@tilgovi) reported
With @signalapp dropping SMS on Android the most upsetting thing is just confronting how medium as proxy for priority is gone. People use every social media service from every kind of device, with variable and personal preferences for notifications and presence.
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@mahmoudajawad@mastodon.online
(@mahmoud_ajawad) reported
@nixcraft @WhatsApp @signalapp Signal is no saint unfortunately. Much of the promises made when the big whatsapp migration started are broken already. Unfortunately there's nothing to match whatsapp now except sms, or moving people off texting to communicating over protocols such as matrix.
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j o
(@lordloki77) reported
@signalapp This is terrible. Why can't messaging companies stop removing functionality??!? While I prefer to use signal, a lot of my contacts don't have it, and it's a total pain to have two different apps to have messages .... Can't you just have an expert setting???
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Christoph
(@Christo98052309) reported
@signalapp This is just a terrible idea. That was the main draw for me and best reason to offer others to switch by not adding another messaging app, but replacing the system's OS app. Rethink this pls.
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saint justin the compassionate
(@imknotar0b0t) reported
@ashleygjovik @signalapp can you help with this?
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Chris Ely 🌻⚛☢️💉😷🗳️ | #EndDST
(@tcely) reported
@TACIXAT @signalapp Apple doesn't allow that. Would you pay for a SMS service that Signal could reach out to over the web?
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Jason Deabill
(@incongruousm) reported
@signalapp 1/ Whilst the motivation is almost understandable, this is a terrible decision. A single app for SMS and secure comms when available is/was a key reason to use Signal. I'd be stunned if any significant number of people found this confusing. This is just going to be an obstacle in
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Damselfly - Free Photo library software 📷
(@DamselflyPhotos) reported
@ElJefeDSecurIT @signalapp It's literally an option already, disabled by default. If you want to use signal for SMS, you have to configure it explicitly and then set it as the default SMS client for Android. The problem is that Signal can't (be arsed to) design the UI to separate SMS and encrypted msgs.
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Richard Fellows
(@RichFellows) reported
@deviantollam @signalapp No issues with that today on iOS.
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jraculla 🇺🇲
(@jrachwal) reported
@signalapp Terrible decision. SMS is how I get the less technical folks in my world to use signal. It's the #1 use case to get them in and you're taking it away. Horrible decision. Very disappointed.
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Art
(@aisurveils) reported
@signalapp Listen please, this app belongs to the community. If you know something behind the scenes that we are not aware of, let us see exactly why the existing system is a problem. Consider creating another app without SMS for those that want to join the experiment. Forcing change? Nope!
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Royce Williams
(@TychoTithonus) reported
@AaronToponce @signalapp At the core, Signal has a user empathy problem. Many UX problems on GitHub devolve into the team locking the thread. I appreciate the idealism, but they need UX that takes that as a constraint with empathy. "Security at the expense of usability comes at the expense of security."
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Aaron Toponce ⚛️
(@AaronToponce) reported
@TychoTithonus @signalapp I don't fully agree with that stance though. Signal has only ever supported SMS/MMS on Android. With iOS, you have to use separate apps, and with my *mother* not having a problem with it, in addition to other family members, it's not a usability problem for them.
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Brock
(@l3rock) reported
@signalapp This is the only way I got people to use signal. This is a terrible and unfortunate decision.
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Jaaaaaayyyyy
(@zerojay) reported
@lookdumbass @mer__edith @signalapp "Just ask them all to switch to Signal!" This was terrible when Tim Cook of Apple was asked about adding RCS support to iMessage and this is exactly the same taste in my mouth from Signal. Also, RCS isn't coming. It's already been here for ages and already is a flop.
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Fongaboo
(@fongaboo) reported
@signalapp You knew that having to register for ANOTHER service with ANOTHER username and password and then having to trade that with other users was going to minimize adoption.
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Royce Williams
(@TychoTithonus) reported
@AaronToponce @signalapp If I had seen any evidence of widespread testing of alternative ways to ensure users can visually distinguish the difference between SMS and non-SMS, I would buy it. If they're getting hammered with UX problems, they need to try some creative UX solutions. But they're not.
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Marco Rogers
(@polotek) reported
@tilgovi @signalapp Can you say more about SMS on signal? I've had trouble with it recently.
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bruh🛡️
(@bruh_privacy) reported
@thenewoil1 @Agisilaos_K @signalapp In my opinion? No, I don't know the other region in America continent like Canada, Mexico, etc. But in my country, Asia continent. Many of us using chat apps or email to communicate, and SMS is only for OTP. And as far as I know including me, don't have a problem using many app
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Envision ⚡️🔑
(@EnvisionBitcoin) reported
@signalapp Unless you're removing phone numbers, there's literally no reason to remove SMS from the android app. If people can't figure out that one bubble and a gray send button are SMS, and 2 bubbles and a blue send button is encrypted, they have bigger problems.......
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bruh🛡️
(@bruh_privacy) reported
@thenewoil1 @Agisilaos_K @signalapp Ah, so now I understand why many US citizen so upset about it. And the reason is reasonable But, imo the problem is only in US area. Because Signal is global app, and I think many countries don't use SMS for comm anymore. Some use Line, WeChat or WhatsApp atleast in my country.
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Normand Nadon
(@Normand_Nadon) reported
@markus_ottela @aikensource @signalapp Are there unicorns and fairies where you live? On my planet, the OS does not do that and won't do that in the forseable future. Signal was solving 2 problems at once and it was it's main selling point...Now it can be used to talk to 3-5% of my contacts the others are not techies!
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Aaron Toponce ⚛️
(@AaronToponce) reported
@TychoTithonus @signalapp I'm not familiar with the GitHub issue thread locking problems, but I'll happily criticize how they handled Mobilecoin.
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Sup Mello Mike
(@evidently_mike) reported
@signalapp booooo! removing sms support is such a terrible idea, and your reasoning sucks. this may completely ruin signal for me.