That means they are definitely providing user data to the US govt
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2026
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Even when they say they aren't, they are.
So yes, 100℅ they are.
Guys ffs. The US Cloud act dictates that every SINGLE US based company has to hand over all data when requested to the government.
They took over TikTok. Now the data flows.
It's not even speculation. Why ask them?
The US government made this into law. You can just read it, if you want. Masks off.
You ask so they have to say yes even if it's a non answer because a lot of people don't know or don't pay attention.
So it is confirmed
That's a Yes.
pretty sure tiktok is an interdepartmental agency of the us government so ice can just ask whenever they want under the patriot act
That goes for all US tech companies and has been that way at least since 2001.
So, no way I’m trusting Signal
If/when Signal has complied historically, they hand over what they have...which is to say, pretty much nothing.
I'll take Signal any day over private Facebook chat, Whatsapp, or even telegram.
The attack chain is as follows: the threat actors masquerade as "Signal Support" or a support chatbot named "Signal Security ChatBot" to initiate direct contact with prospective targets, urging them to provide a PIN or verification code received via SMS, or risk facing data loss.
Should the victim comply, the attackers can register the account and gain access to the victim's profile, settings, contacts, and block list through a device and mobile phone number under their control. While the stolen PIN does not enable access to the victim's past conversations, a threat actor can use it to capture incoming messages and send messages posing as the victim.
That target user, who has by now lost access to their account, is then instructed by the threat actor disguised as the support chatbot to register for a new account.
Don't give your signal PIN to someone via text? And even if you did, they still don't have your message history.
Thanks for info ,I started recently with simplex chat
They have a page dedicated to everything they have given over to the US government: https://signal.org/bigbrother/
Signal themselves cannot decrypt the messages, so they are literally not able to provide any substantial information to the government. They can literally only provide two timestamps, when the user registered and the last time they connected to the server.
the only information we can produce in response to a request like this is the date and time a user registered with Signal and the last date of a user’s connectivity to the Signal service.
If it’s truly E2EE, then it doesn’t matter if they’re forced to hand over the data.
It is well and truly E2EE. They have a page on their site dedicated to what information they have given to courts/government bodies: https://signal.org/bigbrother
That’s a yes.
If they could say they were not then they’d just say it.
I can only assume since Oracle is in charge of the US operations now the entire purpose of that was to get access to user data for ShadowDragon
Anyone who saw the bootlicking after the app was disabled already knew this
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance sold the app to a mostly American group of investors, including the software business giant Oracle (founded by Trump ally Larry Ellison), MGX (an Abu Dhabi-based company also involved in Trump crypto ventures) and the private equity firm Silver Lake.
"Hey officer. This guy understands videos in Spanish and seems really interested in Latina content creators. Go grab him"