• ForestOrca@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Same. I’ve been supporting it for some years now, but I’m upping the ante. I have many friends, family, and business associates I’ve been able to get on Signal. It’s a super useful app, and a crucial privacy service. Let’s do what we can to keep it going.

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      1 year ago

      The biggest thing for me right now is backups

      I can’t comfortably recommend it to people that will lose access if they lose their phones / upgrade without following the process perfectly

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        1 year ago

        Umm, doesn’t one have to backup anything one wants to save/ have access to in the future? Aren’t upgrades a thing will all software? I’m not sure how this is different for Signal versus any other messaging app. Or any app / client that produces documents, etc?

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          1 year ago

          The process is a bit involved on mobile. Setting up a backup location, using a third party app to sync updates and deletions etc. It could be simplified by integrating with common cloud storage services (the encrypted file)

          Also iOS doesn’t have backups at all last I checked. If you lose your phone the messages are toast

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              1 year ago

              Well sure, but encrypted backups are still secure. What’s not secure (or private rather) is someone realizing they can’t have a backup of important chats and going back to Facebook Messenger.

              Backups are a thing on Android, and they’re planned for iOS. It just hasn’t happened yet. People can choose what they want to backup and when they want disappearing messages turned on.