# Signal and GIPHY

DevFeed: [Signal and GIPHY](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/signal-and-giphy-1764.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://signal.org/blog/giphy-experiment/>)

Published: 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [content](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/content.md>), [experimental](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experimental.md>), [messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messaging.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>)

## AI overview

Signal's Android release experiments with integrated GIF search and browsing through services such as GIPHY. The article explains the privacy risks of transmitting search terms and describes a proxy design in which Signal relays a TCP connection while TLS continues end-to-end between the app and GIPHY, preventing Signal from seeing the plaintext search or selected GIF.

## Source excerpt

The latest Signal release for Android includes support for GIF search and browsing. Signal has long supported sending and receiving GIFs, but this is an experiment that allows users to browse, search, and select popular GIFs from within Signal. Read more...