Introducing Signal Secure Backups
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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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    8 months 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·
      8 months 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.