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I want the ability to load chat history from a backup on desktop. It's obnoxious that a messaging app that bills itself as cross-platform will just permanently

I want the ability to load chat history from a backup on desktop. It's obnoxious that a messaging app that bills itself as cross-platform will just permanently lose message history on a client if it's not opened for long enough or if your have to get a new device (or reinstall)

nikisweeting 3y ago
You can, just backup/restore ~/Library/Application Support/Signal (or windows equivalent), the encryption in stored in cleartext config.json next to the sqlitedb on desktop. https://vmois.dev/query-signal-desktop-messages-sqlite/ https://vmois.dev/query-signal-desktop-messages-sqlite/
slenk 3y ago
That's pretty low maintenance for such a cross platform secure chat app, i feel