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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by gruez on Monday June 30, 2025 @10:26PM (#44430010)
If you think they've gone rogue and are working with the NSA or whatever, why can't they be doing the same thing with your e2e messages while in transit? What do they gain by getting it through backups?
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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by thrwwy451 on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @09:08AM (#44433551)
> why can't they be doing the same thing with your e2e messages while in transit?

They can, and maybe they do. We can't really verify whether their servers run only what's published on GitHub (remember the MobileCoin gap? [1]).

> What do they gain by getting it through backups?

They don't need to capture the messages through backups, but the feature is a plausible reason for the users to foot the storage bills. Maybe the donations are not enough.

[1]: https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/04/06/it-looks-like-signa...

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