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Signal Secure Backups

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988 points keyboardJones | 1 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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poisonborz ◴[08 Sep 25 17:34 UTC] No.45171210[source]▶
Backing up Signal on Android for free and offline was ~always possible. The app creates a multi GB backup file on the phone memory under the Signal folder that you can just copy out and back on a new phone.

The file is encrypted with the passcode and the database can be extracted.

https://github.com/bepaald/signalbackup-tools

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1. jacooper ◴[08 Sep 25 21:18 UTC] No.45174136[source]▶
This trick never worked for me, the app just never restores this. People used to say the same about WhatsApp. Now both have direct migration features.