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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by SequoiaHope on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @01:10AM (#44430780)
Sadly not Linux tho.
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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by eigenspace on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @03:14AM (#44431397)
If you sync an iPhone to a Linux machine, you can then save your backups on Linux.
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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by Nextgrid on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @05:14PM (#44438061)
"libimobiledevice" has CLI tools that can backup/restore iOS devices on Linux.
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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by gojomo on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @06:42PM (#44438618)
Do such backups retain Signal message history - unlike Apple's native local backups to MacOS?
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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by Nextgrid on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @07:17PM (#44438817)
This uses the same protocol as macOS, so same outcome. However (not sure if it helps in this case), keep in mind that different data is retained depending on whether the backup is encrypted or not (the tool supports encrypted backups too). So maybe check with encryption enabled and see if it carries over Signal messages?
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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by gojomo on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @09:23PM (#44439458)
It doesn't. Signal opts its data out of even encrypted local iPhone backups.
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