Post #356176

2025-11-25 15:23 UTC

Like many services, as Signal grows, it becomes a more appealing place for scammers to try and cause harm. We&#39;ve put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, &amp; impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates. https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/9932566320410-Staying-Safe-from-Phishing-Scams-and-Impersonation

Replies (8)

@blueluma@mastodon.social 2025-11-25 15:28

@signalapp@mastodon.world I hope one day I could use Signal with something like UnifiedPush so that I wouldn't need a signal fork as Molly

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@Helgi@101010.pl 2025-11-25 16:06

@signalapp@mastodon.world Russia goes for all messengers, except some FSB Messenger that's one big spyware, and they demand it pre-installed on all Russian phones. Apple could even approve of that

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@qgustavor@urusai.social 2025-11-25 16:07

@signalapp@mastodon.world Since we are talking about impersonation, how about a way to link usernames to Keyoxide?

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@evilworld@mastodon.uno 2025-11-25 16:17

@signalapp@mastodon.world why i rarely receive notifications from the Signal app? I don't understand why Messenger, whatsapp and telegram have no problems in pushing notifications but Signal, Matrix and other more private apps do

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@trogluur@social.linux.pizza 2025-11-25 16:17

@signalapp@mastodon.world I was wondering about how reporting spam works on Signal. Is it like WhatsApp, where if you report someone, the content of the last few messages from the chat get sent to Meta for moderation?

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@yourautisticlife@mast.yourautisticlife.com 2025-11-25 18:07

@signalapp@mastodon.world I'm not going to claim that scams don't exist on Signal, but my current stats are: Scam attempts on Signal: 0 Scam attempts on Telegram: dozens... So... yeah... #SignalApp #Signal #scams

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@moshimotsu@floss.social 2025-11-25 18:16

@signalapp@mastodon.world Not to potentially beat a dead horse, but is there any work in the pipelines to address the Careless Whisper vulnerability?

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@moanos@gay-pirate-assassins.de 2026-02-01 17:27

@signalapp@mastodon.world is there any way to delete messages that scammers post in signal groups I administer? This is a regular problem with groups where the join-link is public.

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