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Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona... by Nitrolo on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @05:23AM (#33785782)
I have backups enabled actually. Sure, it's a pain to manage compared to WhatsApp, as you have to manually download it off your phone, but Signal has an option for automatic daily backups.

They are encrypted with a key you have to note down somewhere though, so if you don't prepare for it the messages are, in fact, gone forever.

Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona... by noja on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @05:50AM (#33785973)
Manual backups are no backup.
Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona... by arcbyte on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @08:09AM (#33787125)
I've restored Signal backups before. It was trivial and fast.
Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona... by badrabbit on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @09:35AM (#33788064)
Your backups are useless if you want to use a different platform they support. You have to use android or iphone for life. And you can't use them on desktop without a mobile app and you can't have multiple sessions and you have to use your phone number. Right... very private.