Secure messaging app Signal gets a fun update and adds (encrypted) stickers

Signal, the encrypted, highly secure messaging platform of choice for the privacy-minded, is joining the rest of the messaging world with brand new stickers. And don't worry, these stickers are just as secured as the rest of Signal's messaging.

These stickers are highly requested features, since people don't want to give up their fun just because they also want security. The newest beta release of Signal adds in two sticker packs, although more are planned to be added later on. There's a bulldog and a cat sticker pack to cover cat people and dog people. Whichever way the wind blows.

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If you want to flex your creativity, you can also use Signal on desktop to craft your own sticker packs to share with your friends. That's a pretty unique feature that you don't see in other messaging apps. You can choose to broadly share these packs, or to only share them with the person you're talking to. Your Signal ID is never directly attached to these packs, either, so you don't have to worry about getting tied back to what you've created.

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