Signal vs. WhatsApp: Welcher Messenger hält Ihre Chats tatsächlich privat?
24. Juni 2026 · 2 Minuten Lesezeit · Kommentare
Beide Apps geben an, eine Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung zu verwenden. Aber Verschlüsselung ist nur ein Teil der Geschichte. Hier ist, was sie tatsächlich unterscheidet.
Was Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung eigentlich bedeutet
- End-to-end encryption means only you and the person you're messaging can read the contents of your messages. Not the app company, not your mobile carrier, not the government — unless they get into your actual phone.
- Both Signal and WhatsApp use end-to-end encryption for message content. On this point, they are equal. The difference is everything else.
Das Metadatenproblem
- Even if WhatsApp can't read your messages, it can — and does — collect metadata: who you talk to, how often, at what times, your location, your device, your contacts list.
- Meta (WhatsApp's parent company) uses this data to build advertising profiles and shares it across Instagram and Facebook.
- Signal collects almost none of this. The only data Signal holds about you is your phone number and the date you last connected.
Open Source vs. Closed Source
- Signal's code is open source — anyone can read it, audit it, and verify it does what it claims. Security researchers around the world have done exactly this.
- WhatsApp's code is closed. You have to take Meta's word for it that the encryption is correctly implemented and that no backdoors exist. Given Meta's track record with user data, that's a lot of trust.
Der praktische Nachteil von Signal
- The only real drawback: your contacts need to have Signal too. You can't send a Signal message to a WhatsApp user.
- Signal has grown significantly — it now has over 100 million users. Many people already have it.
- The practical approach: keep WhatsApp for group chats with family who won't switch, move sensitive conversations to Signal.
„0“-Signal – mit großem Abstand, wenn Ihnen Privatsphäre wichtig ist.
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