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> It's interesting to watch consumer behaviour around Telegram's growth and how much value people place on preserving conversation history at the expense of sec
by kitsunesoba 6y ago
> It's interesting to watch consumer behaviour around Telegram's growth and how much value people place on preserving conversation history at the expense of security and privacy.
Persistent, multi-device conversation history might not seem valuable at first glance, but I can say that it's saved me a lot of trouble numerous times. In theory one could back up important messages from WhatsApp/Signal as they show up, but the problem is that the vast majority of the messages that end up being valuable at some point down the road are precisely those that seemed inconsequential in the moment. By the time you realize you need them they've been long deleted.
- wave100 6y agoI'm not sure if this is a feature I got grandfathered into, but I've got WhatsApp set to back my messages up to Google Drive every week. On my Android phone, the setting is in settings -> chats -> chat backup.
- 29083011397778 6y agoIt's something they still push aggressively - on Android. For iOS, I believe they use iCloud, and only iCloud; this means you can switch between Android handsets, or Apple handsets, but not Android to Apple (or vice-versa). Note that this is based off what I've seen and heard from others, however - I've never actually owned an iPhone to test this.
- dartharva 6y agoAnd the backups are not inter-operable. A backup taken on Android cannot be transferred and restored on an iPhone, and vice versa.