ToS;DR

You maintain ownership of your data


Service: Signal
Status: DECLINED
Case: You maintain ownership of your content
Changes: 9
Source: link
Author: user 17 Lv. 2 Curator


Signal messages and calls cannot be accessed by us or other third parties because they are always end-to-end encrypted, private, and secure.
"Signal messages, pictures, files, and other contents are stored locally on your device. These contents are readable by the open source Signal clients. Because everything in Signal is end-to-end encrypted, the Signal service does not have access to any of this data. There are several community-developed open source utilities that are capable of parsing locally stored Signal content. Android users can also help us test a new backup feature that makes it possible to move your local Signal data between devices (Signal Settings > Chats and media > Chat backups)."


Comments:
On 2026-06-10 21:50:37 UTC, Dr_Jeff Lv. 88 Staff wrote:

declined: Excerpt not appropriate for this case.



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Version 9: 2026-06-10 21:50:37 UTC by Dr_Jeff 20149 Lv. 88 Curator
Analysis updated

Previous Status: APPROVED

Updated Status: DECLINED

Version 8: 2023-07-11 10:09:01 UTC by Deleted Curator
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Version 7: 2018-08-29 09:25:19 UTC by Vincent (Mr. 404) 404 Lv. 5 Curator
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Version 6: 2018-08-29 09:24:46 UTC by Vincent (Mr. 404) 404 Lv. 5 Curator
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Version 5: 2018-08-08 09:50:12 UTC by Vincent 403 Lv. 3 Curator
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Version 4: 2018-08-08 09:49:56 UTC by Vincent 403 Lv. 3 Curator
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Version 3: 2018-08-08 09:49:35 UTC by Vincent 403 Lv. 3 Curator
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Version 2: 2018-07-25 12:27:32 UTC by Vincent (Mr. 404) 404 Lv. 5 Curator
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Previous Status: PENDING

Updated Status: APPROVED

Version 1: 2018-07-21 21:07:25 UTC by user 17 17 Lv. 2 Curator
Analysis created

Title: You maintain ownership of your data

Analysis: "Signal messages, pictures, files, and other contents are stored locally on your device. These contents are readable by the open source Signal clients. Because everything in Signal is end-to-end encrypted, the Signal service does not have access to any of this data. There are several community-developed open source utilities that are capable of parsing locally stored Signal content. Android users can also help us test a new backup feature that makes it possible to move your local Signal data between devices (Signal Settings > Chats and media > Chat backups)."

Status: PENDING