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Signal Timeline
May 2010Moxie Marlinspike and Stuart Anderson (Whisper Systems) launch TextSecure and RedPhone on Android.[1]
Nov 2011Whisper Systems is acquired by Twitter,[2] "primarily so that Mr. Marlinspike could help the then-startup improve its security."[3]
Dec 2011 – Jul 2012TextSecure and RedPhone are released as free and open-source software under the GPLv3 license.[4][5]
Jan 2013Moxie Marlinspike leaves Twitter and founds Open Whisper Systems (OWS) as a collaborative open source project for the continued development of TextSecure and RedPhone.[6][7]
Feb 2014OWS adds end-to-end encrypted group chat and instant messaging capabilities to TextSecure.[8]
Jul 2014OWS releases Signal as a RedPhone counterpart for iOS.[9][10]
Mar 2015OWS discontinues support for encrypted SMS/MMS messaging in TextSecure, while retaining its encrypted IM capabilities.[11] At the same time, OWS adds encrypted IM to Signal on iOS.[12]
Nov 2015RedPhone is merged into TextSecure on Android and the app is renamed as Signal.[13]
Dec 2015Signal Desktop is launched as a Chrome App.[14]
Oct 2017OWS announces the deprecation of their Chrome App and the release of a new Electron-based Signal Desktop.[15]
Mar 2017OWS transitions Signal's calling system from RedPhone to WebRTC and adds the ability to make video calls with the mobile apps.[16][17]
Feb 2018Moxie Marlinspike and Brian Acton launch the Signal Foundation with an initial $50 million in funding from Acton, who had left WhatsApp's parent company Facebook in September 2017.[18][19]
Nov 2019 – Feb 2020Signal adds support for iPads,[20] view-once images and videos, stickers, and reactions.[21]
Aug 2020 – Sep 2020Signal adds message requests[22] and one-to-one voice and video calling to Signal Desktop.[23][24]
Oct 2020 – Dec 2020Signal starts transitioning to a new encrypted group chat system with support for @mentions, group admins, and more granular permissions.[25] It also adds support for encrypted group calling.[25]

References

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  1. ^ "Announcing the public beta". Whisper Systems. 25 May 2010. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ^ Cheredar, Tom (28 November 2011). "Twitter acquires Android security startup Whisper Systems". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  3. ^ Yadron, Danny (9 July 2015). "Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ^ "TextSecure is now Open Source!". Whisper Systems. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. ^ "RedPhone is now Open Source!". Whisper Systems. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ^ Yadron, Danny (10 July 2015). "What Moxie Marlinspike Did at Twitter". Digits. The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  7. ^ "A New Home". Open Whisper Systems. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  8. ^ Donohue, Brian (24 February 2014). "TextSecure Sheds SMS in Latest Version". Threatpost. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  9. ^ Greenberg, Andy (29 July 2014). "Your iPhone Can Finally Make Free, Encrypted Calls". Wired. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  10. ^ Evans, Jon (29 July 2014). "Talk Private To Me: Free, Worldwide, Encrypted Voice Calls With Signal For iPhone". TechCrunch. AOL.
  11. ^ Open Whisper Systems (6 March 2015). "Saying goodbye to encrypted SMS/MMS". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  12. ^ Geuss, Megan (2015-03-03). "Now you can easily send (free!) encrypted messages between Android, iOS". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  13. ^ Greenberg, Andy (2 November 2015). "Signal, the Snowden-Approved Crypto App, Comes to Android". Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  14. ^ Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (2 December 2015). "Snowden's Favorite Chat App Is Coming to Your Computer". Motherboard. Vice Media LLC. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  15. ^ Coldewey, Devin (31 October 2017). "Signal escapes the confines of the browser with a standalone desktop app". TechCrunch. Oath Tech Network. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  16. ^ Marlinspike, Moxie (14 February 2017). "Video calls for Signal now in public beta". Open Whisper Systems. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  17. ^ Mott, Nathaniel (14 March 2017). "Signal's Encrypted Video Calling For iOS, Android Leaves Beta". Tom's Hardware. Purch Group, Inc. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  18. ^ Marlinspike, Moxie; Acton, Brian (21 February 2018). "Signal Foundation". Signal.org. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  19. ^ Greenberg, Andy (21 February 2018). "WhatsApp Co-Founder Puts $50M Into Signal To Supercharge Encrypted Messaging". Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  20. ^ Lund, Joshua (27 November 2019). "Signal for iPad, and other iOS improvements". Signal.org. Signal Messenger. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  21. ^ Greenberg, Andy (14 February 2020). "Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses". Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  22. ^ Lund, Joshua (12 August 2020). "Accept the unexpected: Message requests are now available in Signal". signal.org. Signal Messenger. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  23. ^ Lund, Joshua (13 August 2020). "A new platform is calling: Help us test one-to-one voice and video conversations on Signal Desktop". signal.org. Signal Messenger. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  24. ^ Perez, Josh (2 September 2020). "Release v1.35.1". github.com. Signal. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  25. ^ a b Porter, Jon (15 December 2020). "Signal adds support for encrypted group video calls". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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