The form and manner of this distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object code and source code. (The only way around this is to sign up with a secondary phone number, which people will see instead.) Like other modern chat applications, Signal asks for access to your iPhone or Android phone’s. In other words, your Signal address is your phone number. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms. You cannot use Signal without revealing your phone number to the people you contact. The country in which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of encryption software.īEFORE using any encryption software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to see if this is permitted. This distribution includes cryptographic software. Signal, the Encrypted Chat App, Is Now Available on the Desktop Chrome: Signal, the encrypted chat app built by Open Whisper Systems and approved by the likes of If you have an Android.

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