@Stone1glo @fj

Yes. At leas in that it has no ads, and is secure.

It also, as we've seen in the press, has no guardrails, and when it comes to security people are the weakest link.

Remember kids: if you want security, don't put it online. You can play games with encryption and disappearing messages all you want, but if the other side takes a screenshot or a picture with their phone - that's forever.

@Stone1glo

You do realize that @fj literally wrote Signal (together with other people)?

And what do you mean by "infamous"? Are you referring to the leaked US govt group chat? That was solely caused by someone being stupid enough to add a journalist to their secret group chat. This could literally happen with any messenger.
The other stuff happened due to the Trump cabinet not using the official Signal build, but rather an insecure third-party version of the app called "TM SGNL", which is sold by an Israeli company called TeleMessage.

@micahflee wrote a great article about this: https://micahflee.com/tm-sgnl-the-obscure-unofficial-signal-app-mike-waltz-uses-to-text-with-trump-officials/

I also recommend just reading through the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_group_chat_leaks