Re:Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)
by godelski on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:08PM
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> But I think that's what godelski is saying is a bit of a contradiction.
Exactly. I'm saying you can't have both low storage and full chat history. These two cannot work without a storage server. I have suggested a method of using the desktop client as the storage server but I agree that there is no great solution.
> It's not impossible, Apple does it with iMessage
That does come with significant tradeoffs though. Now we have to trust Apple that they haven't taken our keys and that they still aren't handing over this data. It is a tricky situation.
Exactly. I'm saying you can't have both low storage and full chat history. These two cannot work without a storage server. I have suggested a method of using the desktop client as the storage server but I agree that there is no great solution.
> It's not impossible, Apple does it with iMessage
That does come with significant tradeoffs though. Now we have to trust Apple that they haven't taken our keys and that they still aren't handing over this data. It is a tricky situation.