Signal Secure Backups

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988 points keyboardJones | 1 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source

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jwr ◴[08 Sep 25 17:20 UTC] No.45171006[source]▶

This is so incredibly important! I am very happy to see this, the fact that you could not do a backup on iOS and you would lose everything in case your device dies is the biggest drawback of Signal.

I still do not quite understand why I can't have the option to just back things up to iCloud (I do understand the security implications and I'm fine with it), but ANY backup solution is better than "your data is gone, tough".

Oh, now having reread the article I do understand why I can't have any other backup options. Paid subscription. Of course.

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3np ◴[08 Sep 25 17:51 UTC] No.45171469[source]▶

>>45171006 #

> This is so incredibly important! I am very happy to see this, the fact that you could not do a backup on iOS and you would lose everything in case your device dies is the biggest drawback of iOS.

FTFY. It's originally Apple preventing its users from easily controlling their own data.

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1. jwr ◴[09 Sep 25 12:23 UTC] No.45180977[source]▶

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> Apple preventing its users from easily controlling their own data

Could you please elaborate?

iOS has secure encrypted backups, and secure encrypted cloud backups using end-to-end encryption. Signal specifically disables these mechanisms.

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