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Comment by pseudalopex

15 days ago

No. The Signal developers opted out of iOS's backup and export features.

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fph  14 days ago

I have no idea why, but I would bet it's because it was sending stuff to Apple unencrypted.

  • Nextgrid  14 days ago

    It's because Signal has some unhealthy obsession with "security" and does not want to recipient of the communication to ever be able to export messages in plain text.

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