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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by snthpy on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @11:42AM (#44435046)
The following two features are interesting to me. Where can I find more info on these?

  * Backups are structured so that the Signal service cannot associate a backup with a given user.

  * Payments are structured so that the Signal service cannot associate a payment with a given user.
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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by protimewaster on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @12:00PM (#44435244)
I'm curious about this as well. How can they enforce a quota without being able to associate the data with a user?
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Re:Public Signal Backups Testing by igor47 on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @12:41PM (#44435682)
Maybe similar to how mullvad VPN does it? You get a secondary identifier distinct from your signal username, and payments and quota are associated with that identifier?
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