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I have no idea if this is true or not. But I heard the government has an app called “Pegasus 2”that can read all of your signal messages as long as they know your phone number.
In theory everything is possible because only Apple/Google+OEMs are running root on your device.
If your phone has been compromised, nothing is safe. That’s not a signal problem.
Throw the phone away and get another one.
You can never be sure if your phone has been compromised or not…. Hell, after the patriot act, how can you feel safe?
Like I said, that has nothing to do with signal or how secure it is.
The opnly confirmed thing I have heard is that they can read signal messages via your notifications, if they are enabled, so always check the app manually and do not use their push service.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_%28spyware%29
"Once installed" is operative here. Pegasus isnt a magic wand that you can swish to read all text messages on every phone. It needs to be deployed.
indeed, unless you're a target for a state or a company that cares to spend money to spy on you, you don't need to worry about pegasus