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Signal Secure Backups

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988 points keyboardJones | 2 comments | 08 Sep 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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joshjob42 ◴[08 Sep 25 17:28 UTC] No.45171135[source]▶
It's a real shame they aren't implementing this on iOS in beta before the new iPhone launch. Android has had backups for a long time, just locally. iOS users have been SOL so if anything goes wrong with the transfer and sync on your new phone, you're screwed.
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Klonoar ◴[08 Sep 25 19:08 UTC] No.45172490[source]▶
Signal has done a very poor job of calling out that you can optionally connect your old and new phone via cable; the transfer will be much more stable and quick.

(No, this does not really help if you're one of the TouchID holdouts on an older SE)

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1. AnonC ◴[10 Sep 25 05:01 UTC] No.45193486[source]▶
Wow! I didn’t know this! So you’re saying that instead of using slower and potentially unreliable WiFi, I could just use the iPhone charging cable to connect two iPhones and start the Signal transfer feature? Is this documented anywhere? Thanks.
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2. Klonoar ◴[14 Sep 25 07:22 UTC] No.45238156[source]▶
I only ever learned about it from an issue about shitty backups on the Signal repo(s). I'm out at a bar so not about to dig up the link but it's probably easy to find on GitHub.