The claims, which have now been all but debunked, swiftly caused a panic in the infosec community.
This seemed to indicate that the vulnerability had something to do with this feature.
However, according to Signal, the reports are much ado about nothing.
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The company says that it has investigated the bug rumors and found no evidence to substantiate them.
On Sunday, Signals president, Meredith Whittaker, took to X to issue an explicit refutation.
Important PSA for those who received the odd viral report of a vuln in Signal.
After investigating: WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT THE REPORT IS REAL, Whittakertweeted.
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