I installed signal on my phone with some enthusiasm, but it's practically useless because no one around me adopted it yet. It's sad that once a "social" app dominates the market, it's very hard to get people to switch to better alternatives unless there is a security scandal or something. Same goes with ring...<br /><br />4:53 AM, July 29, 2016, Rayzer &lt;rayzer@riseup.net&gt;:<br /><blockquote>Apple’s iMessage too! ("Signal leaves virtually nothing.")<br /><br />Quote source @thegrugq, Twitter<br />https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/758833939020521472<br /><br />WhatsApp Forensic Artifacts: Chats Aren’t Being Deleted<br /><br />Posted on July 28, 2016<br /><br />Sorry, folks, while experts are saying the encryption checks out in<br />WhatsApp, it looks like the latest version of the app tested leaves<br />forensic trace of all of your chats, even after you’ve deleted, cleared,<br />or archived them… even if you “Clear All Chats”. In fact, the only way<br />to get rid of them appears to be to delete the app entirely.<br /><br />To test, I installed the app and started a few different threads. I then<br />archived some, cleared, some, and deleted some threads. I made a second<br />backup after running the “Clear All Chats” function in WhatsApp. None of<br />these deletion or archival options made any difference in how deleted<br />records were preserved. In all cases, the deleted SQLite records<br />remained intact in the database.<br /><br />More, including 'How WhatsApp Can Fix This':<br />http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=6143<br /><br /><br /><br /></blockquote><br /><br />-- <br />You’re not from the Castle, you’re not from the village, you are nothing. Unfortunately, though, you are something, a stranger.