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Signal is one of the most secure and trustworthy communication tools available. Its transparency, strong encryption, and privacy-first approach make it an excellent choice for users concerned about surveillance or unauthorized access.
 
Signal is one of the most secure and trustworthy communication tools available. Its transparency, strong encryption, and privacy-first approach make it an excellent choice for users concerned about surveillance or unauthorized access.
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To communicate from PC to PC you are still required to use a mobile phone.  For this reason this tool is NOT recommended.
  
 
NOTE: These instructions only work for 64-bit Debian-based
 
NOTE: These instructions only work for 64-bit Debian-based

Latest revision as of 21:58, 15 November 2024

Signal is one of the most secure and trustworthy communication tools available. Its transparency, strong encryption, and privacy-first approach make it an excellent choice for users concerned about surveillance or unauthorized access.

To communicate from PC to PC you are still required to use a mobile phone. For this reason this tool is NOT recommended.

NOTE: These instructions only work for 64-bit Debian-based

  1. Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Mint etc.
  1. 1. Install our official public software signing key:
wget -O- https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | gpg --dearmor > signal-desktop-keyring.gpg
cat signal-desktop-keyring.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
  1. 2. Add our repository to your list of repositories:
echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main' | sudo tee 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
  1. 3. Update your package database and install Signal:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop