A new update for Signal’s Windows app will help users dodge Recall’s screenshots, but could cause other problems.

Signal has a new option for its Windows 11 app to block Recall; ... Windows 11 could soon get a nifty new privacy feature that tells you when people are sneakily looking at your laptop screen.

Signal has updated its Windows app to protect users' privacy by blocking Microsoft's AI-powered Recall feature from taking screenshots of their conversations. This new privacy feature, dubbed ...

Signal has updated its desktop app to prevent Microsoft's new Recall feature from capturing chat content, escalating the privacy backlash facing Windows 11.. The encrypted messaging service you ...

The company said that this new “screen security” setting is enabled by default on Windows 11. Signal said that this new feature is designed to protect users’ privacy from Microsoft’s ...

In a blog post Wednesday, Signal announced a new "screen security" feature for its Windows 11 app so that said screenshots will appear as a black screen when it tries to snap what you're doing ...

So that’s exactly what Signal Desktop is now doing on Windows 11 by default. This method effectively makes Signal chats appear as a black screen to Recall, and indeed, to any screenshot attempt ...

Signal’s fix might block Recall if all chat participants use the Windows desktop app and don’t fiddle with the defaults. But it’s hardly watertight. Last modified on 22 May 2025 ...

Signal Messenger is warning the users of its Windows Desktop version that the privacy of their messages is under threat by Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index ...

Signal is taking proactive steps to ensure Microsoft’s Recall feature can’t screen capture your secured chats, by rolling out a new version of the Signal for Windows 11 client that enables ...

In a blog post Wednesday, Signal announced a new "screen security" feature for its Windows 11 app so that said screenshots will appear as a black screen when it tries to snap what you're doing ...

Signal raised concerns about the lack of developer-level controls in Windows 11, noting that privacy-focused apps are left with no standard way to opt out of Recall.