Signal currently has around 20 million monthly active users. While it’s not as popular as the 2 billion user-strong WhatsApp, Signal was actually able to get a bulk of those users that left the Facebook-owned messaging app because of its new privacy policy. Signal says these new options should roll out to all users. You can actually make it as short as 1 second in the custom time options, although would you be able to actually read something in 1 second? In any case, you could play around with that custom timer if you’re doing some message tag games on the app. You also now have more custom timer durations to choose from, like 60 seconds, 18 minutes, or as long as 4 weeks. While there are some messages that you’d probably like to keep, at least you have the option now to make all messages in all chats disappear. It should be able to delete the chats for the sender and the receiver after the time you set has passed. Now you will be able to turn on a default timer and it will apply to newly initiated conversations. Previously, you had to toggle the option for disappearing messages for each individual conversation and choose the interval as well. With Signal, your communication is encrypted end-to-end by default, meaning that no one else can drop into your messages, group chats and voice calls. So maybe you should use the feature for those other reasons mentioned.
Signal reminds users that the feature cannot totally make your messages disappear as the receiver can screenshot it to keep a record of your conversation. It can also be used to keep your inbox “clean” or to save up on your device’s storage space.
End-to-end encryption is already great for your privacy but disappearing messages adds an extra layer of privacy to your conversations.
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