Stories Feature Came to Signal: How Safe is it?

First introduced with SnapchatStories’ The feature spread to all social media platforms in a short time. Today, we see that this feature is available in leading applications such as Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, which are used by billions of people.

In fact, we come across ‘stories’ not only in such platforms, but also in different applications such as messaging. For example, WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging application, has such a feature called ‘States’. Now incoming information shows that another messaging application is included in this.

The popular messaging platform Signal, known for prioritizing security, also has a story feature.

One of WhatsApp’s biggest competitors Signal announced that it brought the stories feature to its application. The new feature, which was first announced last month, is now open to Signal users all over the world. It was stated that now users can share videos, images and texts that will disappear after 24 hours.

It was reported that the new feature, which was introduced with the latest update for both Android and iOS users, will soon come to the desktop. Users can download these stories from the ‘Stories’ section of the ‘Settings’ section. can set who can see was also seen. Also, you can share stories with certain groups, such as family members or coworkers. can be limited was also included in the statements.

How safe is it?

As it is known, Signal, to privacy and security It is known for its great importance. The platform, which has an end-to-end encryption protocol, is known for protecting all messages, conversations and multimedia, as well as protecting metadata. The fact that a platform that stands out in terms of security normally brings the story feature creates a question mark for users.

According to the descriptions, as in all features in Signal also in stories end-to-end encryption there is. This means that no one can access the stories, including Signal itself. The stories will automatically disappear after 24 hours anyway. You can also delete them manually whenever you want. In addition, for those who do not want to see or share stories, the company offers the settings section. ability to disable the feature also offers. Signal does not notify your contacts when you do this.

The company also made statements about this situation and made the ‘stories’ feature available all over the world. There is great demand from users; that’s why they offer the way to deliver it safely, he said. Nina Berman of Signal also reports that people want it and use it very often, so they bring the feature to them without advertising.

With this move, Signal became the latest platform to bring the stories feature. Although it is used quite often on platforms such as Instagram, there is a lot of discussion about the feature. As it is known, Twitter also brought a similar feature called ‘Fleets’, but removed it when it did not receive the expected interest. In the same way, how necessary the status feature in WhatsApp divided users into two.

So, what do you think about this? Do you think the stories feature is really necessary on every platform? You can share your thoughts in the comments.