For most people, the Signal is one of the best messaging apps today, where in recent times it knew how to take advantage of the competition problems and it has grown exponentially, with many new users who arrive and end up liking it.
Building on this application growth, new security challenges also arise that are important to solving and preventing future issues. Therefore, the news shows that Signal is preparing some important improvements, whose sole objective is to bring more security to users.
Signal has gained great notoriety in recent years, where due to this growth has also come a great interest from some groups interested in spreading spam with the users of the application.
Most other messaging apps use profile information and other data they have access to to understand behaviors. In this way, it is simpler to identify the Spammers and thus prevent its action.
BUT: Signal is testing a feature that allows cryptocurrencies to be sent to your contacts
To solve this misfortune, news reports that Signal prepared now private servers, dedicated to evaluating and detecting spam being sent to users.
Message requests exist on Signal since last year, being controlled by users. They can accept or decline these message requests from users outside their contact list. These messages can also be marked as spam by users.
Another new feature of the service was also revealed, namely the access to photographs of the users' avatars. In an attempt to make contact, the images of the users become obfuscated, so that they cannot be used for schemes or attempted contacts.
Also noteworthy, and to further increase security, the links that these messages awaiting approval will not be accessible. Even if you want to, the user will not be able to click and access sites that are often malicious.
