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This is a tutorial on how to install and use Signal Private Messenger to perform encrypted chats and make encrypted voice and video calls on an Android smartphone.

Be sure to watch our video on installing and using Signal on an iPhone (https://youtu.be/kiX8lGJK3Ww), and our Introduction to Signal Private Messenger (https://youtu.be/46ozjP-R2-E).

Learn more about Signal here: https://whispersystems.org/

Read this article to learn about the Android permissions Signal asks for when you install it:

https://support.whispersystems.org/hc/en-us/articles/212535858-What-are-all-these-permissions-

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Animations by Jose Passarelli

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This video couldn't have been made without valuable criticism and feedback from reviewers:

Marie Gutbub
Information security trainer/journalist
https://shiromarieke.github.io/

Jens Kubieziel
Security researcher
https://kubieziel.de/blog/

Fabio Natali
Software developer/information security trainer
https://fabionatali.com/

Christian Vandrei
Privacy activist

Dr. Richard Tynan
Technologist
https://twitter.com/richietynan

Daniel Antifreeze
Information security trainer
https://twitter.com/_anti_freeze_

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