Signal President defends app security after Trump officials’ chat leak: ‘Signal is the gold standard’

The president of Signal defended the messaging app’s security on Tuesday (March 25) following a report that top Trump administration officials had mistakenly added a journalist to an encrypted group chat discussing a planned US attack on Yemen’s Houthis.

Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, took to X (formerly Twitter) to reinforce the app’s privacy standards and distinguish it from other messaging platforms.