Police raids across Europe after encrypted phone network shut down

Re:Police raids across Europe after encrypted phone network ... by danielheath on Friday March 12, 2021 @07:11AM (#26434911)

Signal keeps chat history on the device, meaning all the incriminating evidence (of yourself and others) is on your person when you get arrested.

Sky ECC wipes messages after 30 seconds, meaning a seized phone is of limited value to investigators.

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Re:Police raids across Europe after encrypted phone network ... by sva_ on Friday March 12, 2021 @07:18AM (#26434969)

Signal has a function to delete messages after a set interval (after having read it.)

I don't know about Sky ECC, but Signal requires a Phone # to register, as far as I remember. It's increasingly hard to get anonymous Phone # in the EU. That might be an argument against using it.

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Re:Police raids across Europe after encrypted phone network ... by jfhrnrkfkf on Friday March 12, 2021 @08:43AM (#26435720)

Open the Desktop Signal app, connect it to your phone, and watch it download all the supposedly "expired" messages.

They will not always be shown, but they are downloaded.

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Re:Police raids across Europe after encrypted phone network ... by Ploskin on Friday March 12, 2021 @07:13AM (#26434925)

Is this still the case even if you set it messages to self-delete after a set period?

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