Signal Begins Rolling Out Opt-In Secure Backups for Message History
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8mo ago· 6 min readen
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Summary
Signal is rolling out a new opt-in secure backups feature, starting with its latest beta release for Android. Previously, users who lost or damaged their phones would permanently lose their message history. This feature addresses the most common user request by enabling encrypted backups of messages, including family photos, documents, and important conversations, so they can be restored even if the device is lost or broken.
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This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal.
Think family photos, sweet messages, important documents, or anything else you don't want to lose forever.
This explains why the most common feature request has been backups; a way for people to get Signal messages back even if their phone is lost or damaged.
After careful design and development, we are now starting to roll out secure backups, an opt-in feature.
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet messages, important documents, or anything else you do
