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Comment by pseudalopex

1 month ago

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

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fph  1 month ago

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

  • Nextgrid  1 month 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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