On: Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to...

[Borlands]

I installed Signal a few years ago, and pretty much never touched it again. Today I open the app and closed it. After a few minutes, there were a lot of hello ‘messages which got me intrigued. It seems when I opened the app, all my contacts using Signal got a notification! What gives? Obviously uninstalled it straightaway...

[mechnesium → Borlands]

Sounds like malware if you take it out of context. That’s unacceptable behavior (unless maybe there’s an opt-out for the mass notification).

[driverdan → Borlands]

By default Signal notifies users when someone in their contacts starts using Signal. You may have installed it before that feature existed so it triggered when you opened it.

[distances → Borlands]

Isn't that what all chat apps do? Telegram as t least, and I keep getting notifications of people joining for names I've never ever heard before, so seems like they were a bit overeager even.