Re:Signal PINs
by wl on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:28PM
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> Right now if you re-install Signal on your device, you lose all your messages. That's already a very bad user experience, but imagine how much worse it would be if you lost your entire address book in that moment as well.
How about letting people back this up? There's no way to do this on iOS or in the desktop app. You're solving a problem of your own making with a solution your core audience of privacy conscious users does not want.
Re:Signal PINs
by fao_ on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @02:08AM
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I'm not sure why you're being downvoted? Backups are an essential feature of chat apps, and it seems pretty sane that a lot of Signal users don't want any information stored in the cloud, full stop.
How about letting people back this up? There's no way to do this on iOS or in the desktop app. You're solving a problem of your own making with a solution your core audience of privacy conscious users does not want.