Thanks to new updates, Signal is giving users more control over whether messages disappear within the app.
How to Send Standard Disappearing Messages in Signal on iPhone and Android
The popular messaging app that allows encrypted chats is now letting users enable a default timer for disappearing messages, TechCrunch reports. In a blog post published by Signal on Tuesday, the company said the disappearing messages setting will be automatically applied to all new conversations.
Before the update, Signal users could only enable disappearing messages on a per-conversation basis, but the new policy lets you manage future disappearing messages.
Signal did note that, as with other disappearing content (like Snapchat and Instagram Stories), people can always screenshot it. But the company said the main benefits of disappearing messages come when someone steals or hacks your device.
