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...
  • overload@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    Does having an app on the desktop PC do this for you basically? If I lost my phone today but signal was still installed on my PC. Wouldn’t that be a backup?

    • Undaunted@feddit.orgEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Unfortunately no, the new installation on the phone will not sync any previous chats from a desktop client.

      • overload@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Ah bugger, I suppose automating some sort of local/cloud/NAS backup is essential for that then.