Comment on A fresh install of Signal takes up 410MB, blowing both Firefox and Chromium out of the water

• sudneo@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Does it work phone to phone? I was under the impression that a backup restore was needed if you wanted previous messages. It’s really an unnecessary security risk to have previous message sync. Someone gets your phone in their hand for 20 seconds, links your device and they get every message you have ever sent? No bueno.

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  • eksb@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can sync messages from phone to phone. …signal.org/…/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Mes…

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• Azzu@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Any new client doesn’t get old messages. Phone only allows the possibility of transferring a backup, which desktop doesn’t have.

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• Fetus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I haven’t actually synced a new phone to Signal, does everything just carry over? I assumed you needed to transfer your account from phone to phone, not just link a new device.

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