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Presumably once the kinks are worked out of this process, it could be merged into the main release of Signal. No second app required.

by mhaymo 6y ago

shawnz 6y ago
I believe the Signal devs expressed a lack of interest in doing this since it would mean embedding secret Whatsapp encryption keys in Signal. See: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1014 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25686179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25686179
- Vinnl 6y ago
  They're interested [1], but as usual, giving some though on how to do that in a privacy-maximising way: > Thanks, we know [backup] is a big deal and think about it a lot. We're working on ways to do it that would be privacy preserving, and in the mean time we've got the p2p device transfer you mention. We'll keep working to make it better! [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/kt91qk/signal_private_messenger_team_here_we_support_an/gikqa81/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/kt91qk/signal_p...
  - codys 6y ago
    It appears you've linked to a comment about the lack of a way to backup signal messages on iOS. That is separate(ish) from the importing of messages from WhatsApp. So, no, they're not interested in WhatsApp import (per the closed ticket liked by the parent). Additionally, the statement from signal is just PR spew. It boils down to "Nah, we won't make a way to do that.". The "privacy preserving" bit is nonsense because they have an export/import to a file on android.
    - Vinnl 6y ago
      Oh whoops, my bad - I was under the impression it was about import/export of Signal messages in general. There's been so much news about Signal recently that I'm getting comments mixed up, it seems.
godelski 6y ago
The fork is from Johanw666 not Signal. Johan's fork has additional changes in it, such as ignoring deletes.

Presumably once the kinks are worked out of this process, it could be merged into the main release of Signal. No second app required.

by mhaymo 6y ago

Presumably once the kinks are worked out of this process, it could be merged into the main release of Signal. No second app required.

shawnz 6y ago

I believe the Signal devs expressed a lack of interest in doing this since it would mean embedding secret Whatsapp encryption keys in Signal. See: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1014 https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/1014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25686179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25686179

Vinnl 6y ago
They're interested [1], but as usual, giving some though on how to do that in a privacy-maximising way: > Thanks, we know [backup] is a big deal and think about it a lot. We're working on ways to do it that would be privacy preserving, and in the mean time we've got the p2p device transfer you mention. We'll keep working to make it better! [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/kt91qk/signal_private_messenger_team_here_we_support_an/gikqa81/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/kt91qk/signal_p...
- codys 6y ago
  It appears you've linked to a comment about the lack of a way to backup signal messages on iOS. That is separate(ish) from the importing of messages from WhatsApp. So, no, they're not interested in WhatsApp import (per the closed ticket liked by the parent). Additionally, the statement from signal is just PR spew. It boils down to "Nah, we won't make a way to do that.". The "privacy preserving" bit is nonsense because they have an export/import to a file on android.
  - Vinnl 6y ago
    Oh whoops, my bad - I was under the impression it was about import/export of Signal messages in general. There's been so much news about Signal recently that I'm getting comments mixed up, it seems.

godelski 6y ago

The fork is from Johanw666 not Signal. Johan's fork has additional changes in it, such as ignoring deletes.