Signal was billed and released as a privacy messenger app in response to the likes of Google et.al. that intrudes and gathers data on every day conversations. Since then and since the last few updates it has become obvious that Signal is a spy app which does precisely what we were led to believe was the opposite. It is Google Messages in a different package. Beware! Edit: Now Signal is asking for donations in exchange for a badge to display while they read your d*m**d text messages! Run!!!