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Bipe and Signal against scams
Signal is the reference for privacy. Against scams, it uses message requests and a notice that a name is not verified. Here is what each one does today, scam by scam.
Fake relative scam
On Signal
People not in your contacts arrive as a request. Since May 2026, the request says the name is not verified, because anyone can pick any name.
On Bipe
People who are not in your contacts arrive as a request. Scam warnings are on from the start. With the seal, the verified name shows next to the person's name, and a scammer cannot copy it.
Message requests, Scam warnings
Coming soon: Verified seal, Is that really Mom?
A contact's account taken over
On Signal
When a contact gets a new phone or reinstalls the app, the chat says the safety number changed. If you had checked that contact, you must approve before you can send.
Account cloning by SMS code
On Signal
The account is created with an SMS code. With Registration Lock on, your Signal PIN is also needed.
On Bipe
Bipe does not use SMS codes to sign in. Whoever takes your SIM does not get your account.
Pix, boleto and receipt scams
On Signal
Signal fights spam by how the sender behaves, such as reports, not by what the message says.
On Bipe
A Pix code, Pix key, boleto or talk of a receipt in a message gets a warning that says what to do before you pay.
Coming soon: A pause before paying
Your number on show
On Signal
Usernames since 2024, and your number is hidden by default. You still need a number to create an account.
On Bipe
You create the account without giving your number. People find you by your @, and nobody sees your number.
Foreign law over your data
On Signal
Signal is a US nonprofit. Under a court order, it says it has only the account creation date and the last connection.
On Bipe
Chats sit on servers in Brazil, run by Brazilian companies, and are end-to-end encrypted.
Where Signal is ahead
- It keeps very little about you. Under a court order, Signal says it has only the account creation date and the last connection.
- Photos from people not in your contacts stay blurred until you tap them.
- Links in a message request do not open with a tap.
- Since August 2026, it checks your contacts' encryption keys by itself.
What Bipe cannot fix alone
Bipe protects only the chats that happen in Bipe. If your mother still uses WhatsApp, a scammer can write to her there. It works best when the family talks on Bipe. Then a request for money that arrives in another app stands out.
Where this comes from
Researched on 12 October 2026, from what each company published and the press reported. The apps change fast. We update this page when they do.
- Signal: Keeping spam off Signal
- Signal: Message requests
- Help Net Security: Signal adds phishing and social engineering protections (13 May 2026)
- Signal: Automatic key verification (Aug 2026)
- Signal support: Signal PIN
- Signal: Phone number privacy and usernames (2024)
- Signal: Government communication (court orders)
- US Department of Justice: CLOUD Act resources