Signal's finally getting desktop history sync!
Signal's finally getting desktop history sync!
Hello, all! Some of you are aware that we’ve been working on a pretty cool device-independent backup format, and now we’re looking to test our first use-case: syncing your message history with a newly-linked device! You heard that right – your newly-linked devices will finally have all of your messa...
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as usual, devs are lost in implementing ludicrously complex scenarios for threat models that touch but a percentile of users, instead of implementing functionality that's normal everywhere else.
Where’s all of my older media?
As noted above, we can only sync media sent/received in the last 45 days.
are you for real? I mean, come on! coulda saved yourself the blog post. also, the two device maximum is still in effect? the electron crap posing as an app, that's it, that's the extent of your dev team's capabilities?
as usual, devs are lost in implementing ludicrously complex scenarios for threat models that touch but a percentile of users, instead of implementing functionality that’s normal everywhere else.as usual, users are lost in complaining about a privacy-centered application prioritizing on privacy-centered solutions, instead of using the hundreds of other already insecure applications that are normal everywhere else.
people really will complain about anything. It's like progress means nothing, unless a fully working solution is available day 1, it's completely worthless. bff