15 January 2021, 8:17 am EST By Signal App Security Setting: How to Make Safe Even Safer ( Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website )
With WhatsApp now requiring its users to share their own personal data with Facebook and Elon Musk as well as Edward Snowden s recommendation to use Signal, it seems like the user base has just gotten bigger. With Signal reportedly becoming pretty secure, there are actually a few things that users can do in order to make things safer.
Is Signal really private?
Elon Musk s status was made to address the need for a more secure way of messaging people, the only thing he said was use Signal promoting the application. Edward Snowden has also been one to promote this app by advertising the safety that its encryption gives users.
The first place you should head over to is the
Settings screen. To get there, tap on your initials in the top-left corner of the screen (on Android you can also tap the three dots on the top-left and then
Settings).
There are three settings on iOS and four on Android I recommend turning on, and a few others worth taking a look at.
Screen Lock (iOS and Android): Means you have to enter your biometrics (Face ID, Touch ID, fingerprint or passcode) to access the app
Enable Screen Security (iOS) or
Screen Security (Android): On the iPhone this prevents data previews being shown in the app switcher, while on Android it prevents screenshots being taken