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- **Signal**
 
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In Tails, you can already chat over XMPP using [[Pidgin|doc/anonymous_internet/pidgin]] and create anonymous chat rooms using [[OnionShare|doc/anonymous_internet/onionshare]].
 
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Because no single app will ever meet the needs of all our users, we might also make it easier to install other messaging apps. ([[!tails_ticket 14567]])
 
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Adding [*Signal*](https://signal.org/) is very high in our priorities but complicated because *Signal* is not available in Debian by default and updates very often.
 
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<h2 id="messaging">Can I use messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal in Tails?</h2>
 
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*Telegram Web* does not work in *Tor Browser* as of January 2025. *Telegram
Web* has been working in *Tor Browser* in the past and might work again in
the future.
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*WhatsApp Web* works in *Tor Browser* as of January 2025. *WhatsApp Web* has
been unreliable in *Tor Browser* in the past and might stop working in the
future.
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To create a *Signal* account for a new telephone number from Tails, follow
this tutorial on [registering an account using
`signal-cli`](https://0xacab.org/about.privacy/messengers-on-tails-os/-/wikis/Signal/Registration-and-Provisioning-via-signal-cli).
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You can follow this tutorial to [install *Signal Desktop* on
Tails](https://0xacab.org/about.privacy/messengers-on-tails-os/-/wikis/Signal/Install-Signal-desktop)
and link to an existing *Signal* account.
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In Tails, you can already chat over XMPP using [[Pidgin|doc/anonymous_internet/pidgin]] and create anonymous chat rooms using [[OnionShare|doc/anonymous_internet/onionshare]].
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Because no single app will ever meet the needs of all our users, we might also make it easier to install other messaging apps. ([[!tails_ticket 14567]])
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Adding [*Signal*](https://signal.org/) is very high in our priorities but complicated because *Signal* is not available in Debian by default and updates very often.
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