Signal head defends messaging app's security after US war plan leak


FILE PHOTO: Meredith Whittaker, President of the Signal Foundation, attends the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -The president of Signal defended the messaging app's security on Wednesday after top Trump administration officials mistakenly included a journalist in an encrypted chatroom they used to discuss looming U.S. military action against Yemen's Houthis.

Signal's Meredith Whittaker did not directly address the blunder, which Democraticlawmakers have said was a breach of U.S. national security. But she described the app as the "gold standard in private comms" in a post on X, which outlined Signal's security advantages over Meta's WhatsApp messaging app.

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