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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] 78 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

because believe it or not, sometimes important information gets mentioned in a normal conversation, and not everyone remembers to add it to their personal self-hosted wiki afterwards.
and some people, including myself, often go back a few years in a chat history to reference something, or reminisce.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This the kinda guy who uses terminal history to go back 4 years instead of searching for the command on the arch wiki

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

I feel personally attacked.