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Personally, I'm happy to lose the data. I found it odd that with both phones and the SIM on the desk in front of me, I couldn't figure out how/if I could vouch
by yabadabadoes 7y ago
Personally, I'm happy to lose the data. I found it odd that with both phones and the SIM on the desk in front of me, I couldn't figure out how/if I could vouch for my key changing in any way.
Needing to say I have a new phone just trust me largely defeats the purpose.
- myu701 7y agoIf you are on an Android device you can export an encrypted backup and scan a QR code / type in the password to the encrypted archive to transfer messages / group memberships with only a safety number change in most cases. https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Messages#android_restore https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Ba... No dice for iOS unfortunately.
- yabadabadoes 7y agoI think that's the opposite of what I want? I want to inform people of the new safety number using the old channel and purge all data like a good user. In this respect a keybase like model makes more sense to me.
- haffenloher 7y agoTwo small corrections: Signal-Android's backup works with a passphrase only (no QR codes involved) and does not cause safety number changes on restore.
- jacobolus 7y agoI’m talking about transferring archival data from one phone I own to a different phone I own. This is different from whether other users are told that my security keys just changed.
- yabadabadoes 7y agoRight, I think there's a partial process for what you want and not for informing of key change and I find that backwards AFA security.