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That's not really related to this article, but I can select photo quality if I send a photo on Android. Appears to have been added in May.

• sneak 5y ago
  The article specifically mentions that they operate the infrastructure for relaying encrypted video streams for up to 40 participants. I can also select media quality on iOS. My options are "compressed way too much" and "compressed too much". I assume you have the same options. I would like to be able to attach images as files and have them come though unmodified. It is a general purpose communications tool, it should not be editorializing over my attachments. I use Signal to communicate privately with my attorney. Why does anyone think tampering with evidence in transit is okay? Apple also doesn't support open source in the App Store, so I can't fix the problem myself.
  • hiq 5y ago
    > I would like to be able to attach images as files and have them come though unmodified. It is a general purpose communications tool, it should not be editorializing over my attachments. It's a usability trade-off, it's better for a lot of people to compress these at least slightly. The main real problem is awareness, people have to know about this so that they can put their files into .zip instead of plain .jpg.
    • sneak 5y ago
      They added the ability to make it recompress less, but did not include a "please do not alter my files" option.
  • collaborative 5y ago
    The "tampering" of the image occurs on your device long before it ever enters transit
    • sneak 5y ago
      Well, it happens inside a precompiled application which I cannot modify, and the file I selected is not the file that is received, so I am going to include "actions undertaken against my will by the unmodifiable application on my own device after I chose the file to send" as part of the "in transit" phase.