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 # Signal for iOS [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/WhisperSystems/Signal-iOS)
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 Signal allows you to make private phone calls and we are working on bringing secure messaging to it soon.