Top 5 Secret Signal Tips!

Signal messenger is great for privacy & security, but let's take it to the next level with these tips & tricks to become a Signal Pro ✉

0:00 Introduction
0:21 Signal Tip #1
1:01 Signal Tip #2
1:27 Signal Tip #3
2:00 Signal Tip #4
2:39 Bonus Tip #1
2:55 Bonus Tip #2
3:07 Signal Tip #5

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[techlore]

What are your favorite Signal tips? Learn anything new today? What's your insight score 👀

[kaktusztea]

Favorite Signal tips:
* @mentions
* group admin role
* group permissions (3)
* group invite link (with admin aknowledge or without)
* image quality chooser button
* voice message with variable playing speed
* accessing chat while in call (dedicated button)
* desktop: open editor mode (little up arrow in input field's center): enter doesn't send, just do line break

Maybe a second part of this video would be useful :)

[Stoney_Eagle]

People like to hate all new features for some reason.
Every step closer to function like What's App gives the What's App users one less reason not to switch.
Im just praying they won't sell Signal to Google, Microsoft or Amazon. 🥺

[watermeloninsideawatermelon]

i wanna delete whatsapp because I hate it so much, but my class, family and work chats are all on there 😩 why can’t more people use signal?

[Juice]

Man I love note to self SO MUCH
I've been using my steam deck as a secondary PC and dropping links, pics and messages between the deck, my phone and main PC is has been crazy helpful

[antux]

Really helpful tips! Apart from SMS and disappearing messages I did not know any of these tricks. The Note to Self- Option is maybe the best one for me! Disappearing messages you find as well in Session messenger. Of course I have installed Henry's sticker- pack right away. 😁 Thanks a lot!

[phoenixrising]

Thank you for the helpful tip. I was super stuck trying to figure out why the lock was suddenly on messages and messages not going through. I watched several YouTube videos, and researched online Signal app features for lock, and you are the only one who covered this top. Thank you! You are a life saver!

[Someuser]

Signal looks awesome! I'm planning on using it, but can't yet at the moment. Hoping they soon come up with a different methods for creating an account.
On another note; I'd love to see a video with recommendations for basic apps for android like keyboard, sms, phone, gallery apps, calendar, and even clocks that don't transmit personal data to the app-maker or as little as possible... this for users who don't have phones that are supported by Calyx, Lineage, Graphine... or custom roms on XDA.

[sammydepresso]

Alright I Don't Think Henry explained how to setup SMS on signal.

But basically you go to settings> apps and notifications> default apps> default SMS app, change it from your normal SMS app, to signal.

[lexshizumdot]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. After deleting Signal because no friend or family member wants to use it, I will install it again and try again to convince them

[programmer]

Note to self is great. I also create groups with only me in them so that I can group my note to selfs. Now that I have Molly-FOSS on my GrapheneOS machine it's REALLY usesful.

[UnbarablePain]

Install a sticker pack by clicking that person's sticker.
Only question I have is when old accounts disappear after you delete them on Signal. Got a new phone number, made a new account, deleted the old one, but the old account with its phone number, profile pic, etc. are all still in some groups a month later.

[Cpt.BawsaK]

Just found this vid. I was not aware of the note to self feature. I think it's going to prove useful. Thanks! Now subscribed.

[piscesmoonrising]

Does signal add an extra layer of protection for SMS or is it just for convenience please? Thanks!

[CostaZachariou]

Hi. I have 4 questions

1. If you block a contact (telephone #) and then you archive it so you do not see it on your contact list, does it remain blocked after you archive the contact?
2. What happens when you archive a contact? Can the contact still still send you a message?
3. How do I unarchive a contact? I am having a difficult time seeing it on the settings menu.
4. This probably is a feature that needs to be added to Signal but incase it is already built in, how do you block and/or archive multiple contacts at the same time?

[dansnow]

Wait that first one where it switches to SMS. Does it send an SMS message from signal itself by signal OR does it use your built in SMS (which is google messenger) to send off the SMS?

[franzmeyer]

Regarding Auto-Deleting texts: I learned there are signal versions, that keep these texts anyway. Important if u thought you could just not have to trust anyone via this feature, cuz u still have to trust that the other person isnt keeping the texts anyways. Even easier: anyone can keep a picture of ur text and not delete that. Just fyi

[dargnom]

Question about Signal data usage please. A friend stopped using Signal with me because they say on their Android phone, Signal uses gigabytes of data in a few days which I guess costs them more for their phone plan. They said it's a known problem and seems to be related to syncing. Is there anything my friend can do to reduce this high level of data usage? Thanks.

[SniperOwl]

I think you should showcase Molly the FOSS and hardened version of Signal.

[BryanANatWard]

If you activate the backup on the App does it save everything up to that day or does it just start from the time you activated it?