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November 6, 2019 06:08 pm GMT

Signal could make NBA's tampering problem even harder to solve

Signal is reportedly becoming popular in the sports world. 

While the free iOS and Android app—which enables encrypted texts, phone calls, and video chats between users as well as other security features like disappearing messages—has been a great tool for many journalists and human rights activists, its usage in the sports world is a tad more nefarious. 

That's according to a new report from Yahoo! Sports that looks at how Signal, once a favorite app of the Trump White House, has spread throughout the sports world, particularly in collegiate athletics, the NBA, and the NFL.

The report touches on the fact that Signal allows participants to circumvent NCAA rules by allowing college players to chat with professional agents,  and for public schools to "avoid detection from Freedom Of Information Act" requests from journalists. But it's the app's use in pro sports that is most intriguing.  Read more...

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