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Signal syncs fine between my iPhone and MacBook. I don't actually understand how, but it does.
by edeion 6y ago
Signal syncs fine between my iPhone and MacBook. I don't actually understand how, but it does.
- teruakohatu 6y agoWhen you first link it up it does not sync history, which is annoying.
- skrowl 6y agoCorrect, it's only going forward from that point, which is a deal breaker for many. New device = no chat history.
- rkangel 6y agoYes, it's a pain. And I have to install a thing, rather than just open a WebApp because I have to write some long messages. I've been using Signal for 4 hours though so we'll see how it goes.
- chanmad29 6y agowow! so I move from a iphone to a new iphone and I end up with no history? This is really a deal breaker.
- newscracker 6y agoIf you have the current iPhone and the new iPhone close by, you can transfer all conversations from the old one to the new one through a direct transfer mechanism built into Signal. But if you don’t have both devices close by or if you’re setting up your iPhone as new due to some issues and the restore from an iCloud or iTunes backup, then you’re out of luck because Signal prevents its data from being backed up to iCloud and iTunes.
- abstractbarista 6y agoIt can't, because of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Ratchet_Algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Ratchet_Algorithm This gives us the guarantee of forward secrecy. When you pair a Signal app, it gets to know the current keys used to advance the ratchet. But, it cannot deduce keys used to encrypt prior messages. It can only decrypt future messages.
- iad 6y agoViber uses a double ratchet implementation and lets you sync history to new devices.