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		newscracker on Jan 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FB... Signal prohibits backing up chats on iOS. So there’s no question of information leaking from a backup when there’s no way to create it.

aloukissas on Jan 21, 2020 | [–]

For me, not being able to back up chats is a feature. It even warns you if you download an attachment (e.g. an image) to local storage.

_hudj on Jan 21, 2020 | [–]

Sounds like another reason iOS is no longer the choice for security...

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