# Signal's Usage of SGX
Links: [[Signal]], [[SGX]]
## [Technology preview: Private contact discovery for Signal](https://signal.org/blog/private-contact-discovery/)
By [[Moxie Marlinspike|Moxie]] on [[2017-09-26]]
- Signal is worried about malicious operating systems inferring contact relationships using memory access patterns
- Uses oblivious RAM techniques and other software mitigations in combination with SGX
- Advised by [[Raluca Ada Popa]]