# Bipe and Signal against scams · Bipe

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.
  - 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.
- **On Bipe**: Scam warnings check every message you get, also from people in your contacts.

## 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](https://signal.org/blog/keeping-spam-off-signal/)
- [Signal: Message requests](https://signal.org/blog/message-requests/)
- [Help Net Security: Signal adds phishing and social engineering protections (13 May 2026)](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/13/signal-phishing-social-engineering-protections/)
- [Signal: Automatic key verification (Aug 2026)](https://signal.org/blog/automatic-key-verification/)
- [Signal support: Signal PIN](https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059792-Signal-PIN)
- [Signal: Phone number privacy and usernames (2024)](https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/)
- [Signal: Government communication (court orders)](https://signal.org/bigbrother/)
- [US Department of Justice: CLOUD Act resources](https://www.justice.gov/criminal/cloud-act-resources)


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