Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows. This setting is automatically enabled by default in Signal Desktop on Windows 11. If you’re wondering why we’re on...
Signal also conveniently forgot all of my previous messages in the most recent update.
But hey if I log in and register my phone number they might be able to get it back.
Fuck signal
Threema for me
☞ automatic backups
Use a messenger that doesn’t require to to log in to view data stored on your phone. I’m sure the data is there, I’m just not allowed to see it.
sorry, I don’t understand what you mean.
@merde @Donjuanme
take a look at #Simplex Chat simplex.chat for a different experience.
i have simplex, element, briar and even rattlegram.
with messengers “a different experience” is interesting (for me) but if the people i’m communicating with are not sharing those “experiences”, what good do they bring? Am i going to chat with myself?
Getting people to use Signal instead of WhatsApp was a challenge already. Now almost all my contacts are on Signal.
How am i going to get people to use any of these apps considering that Signal has no shortfalls (like belonging to Facebook and spying on you)?
FYI: Signal stores all of your messages on your device. If something happens to them there, they’re gone. I’m not saying that justifies an update nuking your messages. Just explaining for anyone who may not understand that. There’s no central database storing your data long term. Which is a feature.
I’m using the same device, I stopped using signal about a year ago, my phone has updated versions a couple times since then, every couple months I would go back to find a password or login that I was texted, a couple days ago I started signal to look for a login and it said it had to update, now it says I have to “secure your number” and use it to log in to retrieve my messages.
Assuming their story is true.
How would logging in and giving them your number potentially restore them if they’re stored locally and are just gone?