Comment on Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp

• Typotyper@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I think it was meant as a security feature in case someone picked up your unlocked phone. It perhaps someone cracked your front screen passcode. I know if you forget your password and have to reset it you lose all previous conversations. It’s very secure this way. Bit of a pain… but secure.

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  • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s not even what it is lol.

    And as the other commenter alluded to, defaults matter. You’re not replacing the thing everyone is already using by pitching “here’s an alternative that is better in ways which don’t affect your usage at all, and also you have to dig into the settings to turn off the optional daily popups”

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    • Bravo@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah someone who cares enough about security to switch to Signal in the first place will be willing to go into the settings to get everything just the way they like it, but everybody else will only keep the app if it doesn’t bug them.

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    • sqgl@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They are monthly not daily popups. They are daily at the start kust to make sure you memorize your PIN, then they peter off.

      However if you ignore a monthly one then it doesn’t disturb you until the next monthly reminder. What is the point of a PIN if it can be ignored?

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