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I find the chart presented to be very deceptive with regards to "Own your data" and Signal. It implies that the Signal servers store your messages and other dat

• Vinnl 6y ago
  AFAIK they do, just not in a way that anyone but the sender and receiver(s) can read.
  • approxim8ion 6y ago
    Encrypted messages are stored on their servers only until they are delivered, and then deleted. From their privacy policy: Messages. Signal cannot decrypt or otherwise access the content of your messages or calls. Signal queues end-to-end encrypted messages on its servers for delivery to devices that are temporarily offline (e.g. a phone whose battery has died). Your message history is stored on your own devices. Additional technical information is stored on our servers, including randomly generated authentication tokens, keys, push tokens, and other material that is necessary to establish calls and transmit messages. Signal limits this additional technical information to the minimum required to operate the Services.
    • deleted 6y ago
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    • Vinnl 6y ago
      That's good nuance; not what I'd understand as "not storing it on their servers", but really the best you could want, IMHO.