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Chiara Castro

Signal rejects "dangerously misleading" security flaw allegations

Signal logo on the AppStore displayed on a phone screen and Signal logo in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Poland on January 14, 2021. .

France has recently banned its ministers and their teams from using popular communication software WhatsApp, Telegram and even what's perhaps known as the most private encrypted messaging app out there, Signal, due to claimed security vulnerabilities.

This is something that has rather angered the outspoken president of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, who dismissed the allegations as "dangerously misleading."

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