Comment on No More Phone Number Swaps: Signal Messaging App Now Testing Usernames

abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• tiny_electron@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You can backup your messages on Android at least

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  • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah that’s Android only. If you drop your iPhone in a toilet, or if you need to factory reset it, everything in signal is gone. Even if you backup your device with the built in system back, signal has chosen to deliberately it’s own internal database as being omitted from backups.

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    • laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Do they give a reason, or just “lawl no, sux 2 b u”?

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    • lemann@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Does it not backup to a computer with iTunes, the same way WhatsApp and iMessage does?

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  • cybersandwich@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How?

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    • noxy@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      settings > chat > chat backup

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