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  • Encrypted chat app Signal circumvents government censorship

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    Jessica Conditt
    Jessica Conditt
    12.21.2016

    Just days after Open Whisper Systems concluded the Egyptian government had blocked access to its encrypted messaging service, Signal, the company rolled out an update that circumvents large-scale censorship systems across Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. The update also adds the ability to apply stickers, text and doodles to images, but that's just icing on the censorship-evading cake.