We reached out to Cloudflare for more detail on the Ukrainian jump in Signal usage and to determine if it has continued as the war in Ukraine has progressed. With multiple reports detailing the cybersecurity threat Russian forces pose to Ukraine, it's understandable that Signal, which is generally agreed upon by cybersecurity experts to be the most secure messaging app, would see increased use. That Ukrainians would look to Signal at a time of crisis should come as no surprise. 'Smaller but significant increase in the use of Telegram as well.' 'Spike in use of Signal (messaging app) in Ukraine in the last 24 hours,' he wrote on Feb.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine began at approximately the same time. In a Thursday tweet, Prince wrote that he observed Signal usage in Ukraine shooting up starting just after midnight on Feb. That's according to Matthew Prince, the cofounder and CEO of Cloudflare, whose internet infrastructure company gives him unique insight into what goes on behind the internet's scenes. Facing uncertainty, Ukrainians looked for digital security in the form of the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal.

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