Re:Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment)
by XorNot on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @09:16PM
(#38200205)
Do they? On Android all it does is backup to another directory on my phone.
Re:Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment)
by wolverine876 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @11:05PM
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Hmmm ... looking around, isn't the following implemented?
https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/
(It's also relevant to the OP.)
Re:Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment)
by codethief on Thursday November 09, 2023 @12:35PM
(#38208080)
SVR doesn't do full backups (yet?)
Re:Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment)
by newscracker on Thursday November 09, 2023 @01:26AM
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> To be clear, Signal now allows secure backups to the cloud.
No, it doesn’t, at least on iOS. There is no backup option on iOS. The only way to retain information when using a new device is to have the old device close by and transfer it by running Signal on both of them. Anyone who loses their device or does not have it with them when getting and setting up a new device will lose all the messages from the older/previous device.
To be clear, Signal now allows secure backups to the cloud. If you don't use a strong password, and much as the public won't, it's not perfect but they maximize the security. (And you can always choose to not use the backup.)