What Signal's terms say

Bad 2

• Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to the fees you paid as a user

  Any liability on behalf of the service is only limited to $100

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• Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

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• No guarantee is made reguarding the accuracy and/or reliability of the information provided

  The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided

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• You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

  Users agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

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• The service can stop being provided at any time

  They may stop providing the service at any time

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• This service cannot be held responsible for disputes that you may have with other users

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• The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs

  This service assumes no liability for any losses or damages resulting from any matter relating to the service

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• No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

  The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

  The Terms of Service: "SIGNAL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY US IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR USEFUL, THAT OUR SERVICES WILL BE OPERATIONAL, ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR SAFE, OR THAT OUR SERVICES WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT DISRUPTIONS, DELAYS, OR IMPERFECTIONS."

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• The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

• This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents

• This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements

• Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision

• Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder

• Third parties are involved in operating the service

• This service informs you that its Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party services

• This service informs you that its Terms of Service does not apply to third-party services

• You are prohibited from attempting to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems

Good 9

• This service claims that your personal data is not being sold

  This service does not sell your personal data

  The terms of service state that "Signal does not sell, rent or monetize your personal data or content in any way – ever."

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• You are not being tracked

  This service does not track you

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• The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users

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• Features of the service are available under a free software and/or open source license

  Features of the website are made available under a free software license

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• Only necessary logs are kept by the service to ensure quality

  Only necessary user logs are kept by the service to ensure quality

  "We’ve designed the Signal service to minimize the data we retain about Signal users, so the only information we can produce in response to a request like this is the date and time a user registered with Signal and the last date of a user’s connectivity to the Signal service."

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• The service will only respond to government requests that are reasonable

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• You aren’t forced into binding arbitration in case of disputes

• The service reviews its Privacy Policy on a regular basis

• A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data

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• You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

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• This service is only available to users over a certain age

• Banned users are prohibited from creating a new account

• You must create an account to use this service

Good 6

• You can delete your content from this service

  "Signal messages, pictures, files, and other contents are stored locally on your device. These contents are readable by the open source Signal clients. Because everything in Signal is end-to-end encrypted, the Signal service does not have access to any of this data. [...] You can permanently disable your phone number from being recognized as a Signal user by unregistering your phone number here. You will need access to this phone number to verify and complete this action."

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• You have the right to leave this service at any time

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• You can retrieve an archive of your data

  This service allows you to retrieve an archive of your data

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• You maintain ownership of your content

• This service claims User-generated content is encrypted, and they can not decrypt it

• You can choose with whom you share content