# Introducing Automatic Key Verification

DevFeed: [Introducing Automatic Key Verification](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-automatic-key-verification-1736.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://signal.org/blog/automatic-key-verification/>)

Published: 2026-08-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Signal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>)

Tags: [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>)

## AI overview

Signal introduces automatic key verification, a key-transparency-based feature that independently verifies the consistency of a contact's public encryption key alongside existing safety numbers.

## Source excerpt

Signal now offers a feature called "automatic key verification" which complements the existing safety number system. Signal is always end-to-end encrypted, and automatic key verification provides an additional, streamlined way to confirm that there's no unexpected party between you and the other "end" of an end-to-end encrypted session. Read more...