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988 points keyboardJones | 1 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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IshKebab ◴[08 Sep 25 18:24 UTC] No.45171913[source]▶
> Losing it means losing access to your backup permanently, and Signal cannot help you recover it.

Oof... That's going to be tough to explain to normal users. "Sorry you've been paying for backups all this time, but you should have written down this code that you will only ever use once somewhere safe and remembered where it is. All your data is gone."

Not the right security trade-off for most people.

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arccy ◴[08 Sep 25 22:08 UTC] No.45174666[source]▶
when you're shown the code, it has 2 buttons: copy to clipboard and save to password manager. if you choose password manager you should be relatively safe...
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1. fastest963 ◴[09 Sep 25 01:27 UTC] No.45176322[source]▶
I have 1Password installed and it prompted to save in 1Password. Worked perfectly. It even let me paste from 1Password on the verification screen. It was the most seamless password manager experience I've ever had.