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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://gith
by 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 agoThey'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 agoIt 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 agoOh 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.