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Signal will finally let you transfer your encrypted chat history to new linked devices (mas.to)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Signal has announced new functionality in its upcoming beta releases, allowing users to transfer messages and media when linking their primary Signal device to a new desktop or iPad. This feature offers the choice to carry over chats and the last 45 days of media, or to start fresh with only new messages.

The transfer process is end-to-end encrypted, ensuring privacy. It involves creating a compressed, encrypted archive of your Signal data, which is then sent to the new device via Signal's servers. Despite handling the transfer, the servers cannot access the message content due to the encryption.

With the introduction of a cross-platform archive format, Signal is also exploring additional tools for message transfer to new devices or restoration in case of device loss or damage. Users can begin testing this feature soon, with a wider rollout expected in the coming weeks.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Ehhh, that's an easy thought.

But what about when your memes point to you being in a group that is now illegal, or oppressed? What if something you said a year ago is now being looked for as a sign of possible opposition?

It's nice to think "I have nothing to hide", and for the most part, most people don't.

But that conversation about who's picking the kids up from school is enough to help pin down where you'll be at a given time, when you'll be apart from your family, it gives an insight into family dynamics, it gives hints as to your personality, and your partner's.

You stack that with exchanges about groceries, errands, etc, and now anyone who can get access to your measures messages can predict a lot more about you

Since fascism in particular is coming back with a vengeance, your can't even predict what you'll be targeted for.

Now, take all of that info, combine it with location data that's even easier for a government to get, and you're fucked.

Don't forget that a woman was arrested because she helped her daughter obtain abortion pills. They got the info via Facebook, but with the messages being gone would have prevented that, or made it much harder.

This is the world we live in now. None of us are safe, none of us can rely on the rule of law. It's rolling the dice as to what can be used against you.