Introducing Signal Secure Backups
signal.org
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet messages, important documents, or anything else you don’t want to lose forever. This explains wh...
  • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It is weirder to me that people back shit like this up. I have zero desire to keep a backup of chat and random images people have sent me.

    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I’ll run a backup and restore when moving to a new device, because why not. But regular backups? Meh, the ether can have my messages if my phone dies.

      That said, depending on how this new system is rolled out, I may subscribe just to support the Signal foundation.

      • IceFoxX@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Then why signal? Why mention encryption as important if you offer an extra attack surface for unnecessary things… (the fight against encryption is going on anyway, but there is no need to offer an unnecessary attack surface), but there are also state trojans etc.