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How can they tell that a user has uninstalled the app? Does uninstalling send a notification to signal.org?
by not2b 5y ago
How can they tell that a user has uninstalled the app? Does uninstalling send a notification to signal.org?
- jessriedel 5y agoI dunno. It's true they might not even have that information.
- bmarquez 5y agoUninstalling doesn't send a notification to signal.org, I've previously messaged a few people without getting a response, later realizing they never got it because they switched phones and stopped using Signal without pressing the "Delete Account" button in Signal settings. The workaround is to have the user install+register again, then press delete. https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007061192-Delete-Account https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007061192-De... > Signal must be actively working on your phone to make changes to the account. Register to see these options for your number. Deletion requests are not accepted outside of the registered app because there is no way to accurately verify whether or not a number is truly associated with the requester.
- not2b 5y agoYes, I expected as much: most users who stop using Signal (because, say, their friends use something else) are more likely to either just stop using it or uninstall the app, without explicitly deleting the account.
- izacus 5y agoFCM system they use to deliver notifications will return the delivery ID as no longer valid after uninstall though.