{"id":"signal-blog-f444e2b8750e","seq":1577392,"kind":"news","title":"Improving first impressions on Signal","url":"https://signal.org/blog/keeping-spam-off-signal/","permalink":"https://vulnpulse.app/items/signal-blog-f444e2b8750e","summary":"The phenomenon of unsolicited and unwanted messaging dates back to the earliest communication platforms: from prehistoric cave graffiti and postal chain letters to popup ads and robocalls. To prevent spam, most online services rely on large-scale inspection of plaintext conversation content or detailed social-graph analysis to determine who is saying what to whom and whether or not that should be allowed. At Signal, we build on a foundation of privacy and do not have access to that type of data or metadata. We build Signal in the open, with publicly available source code for our applications…","severity":null,"techs":["signal"],"cves":[],"tags":[],"source":{"id":"signal-blog","name":"Signal Blog"},"published_at":"2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-27T09:57:36.184Z"}