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Signal adds secure cloud backups to save and restore chats (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 month ago by lemmydev2 to c/pulse_of_truth

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Signal has introduced a new opt-in feature that helps users create end-to-end encrypted backups of their chats, allowing them to restore messages even if their phones are damaged or lost. [...]

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[–] omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No thanks

[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Why not? This has an essentially identical threat model compared to Signal's existing privacy considerations.

Backups are encrypted with a key only you have access to. If it's about concern that Signal could read your messages, this means they can't. If it's about concern that Signal could store your encrypted messages for later, they can already do that if they wanted to, since messages pass through their servers in the first place, and they could just implement a network tap.