Comment by skeledrew

Just got inspired to try it again after not touching it for at least a year. I login with Element and am hit with a notification to verify my session with another device to access my encrypted history. I have no other sessions. Does this mean I've irrevocably lost access to said data? This is unacceptable if I'm to use this service regularly; I'd rather have encryption off by default so I opt into the potential loss of data, instead of having to remember to opt out. The only really nice thing so far compared to Telegram is my account still exists with the chats I'd joined, while Telegram allows a year maximum inactivity before it totally deletes an account.