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perhaps, backups, even encrypted, hosted at Apple or Google doesn't fit the values of Signal and many if not most of their users?
by rmdes 2y ago
perhaps, backups, even encrypted, hosted at Apple or Google doesn't fit the values of Signal and many if not most of their users?
- jksflkjl3jk3 2y agoNot being able to back up app data to another device that I own because its encrypted with a hardware-tied key that I can't access is a terrible design that plagues modern mobile devices. It's my device; I should be able to access any data on it. There are plenty of viable security models where the app data could be securely protected from Apple or Google by using a key that I own and can use on other devices.
- nickff 2y agoThat sort of feature is dangerous, and very likely to cause at least one vulnerability. If I were running signal, I would be very reluctant to, and careful in implementing it.
- _Microft 2y agoAnytime you use a device you need to trust the manufacturer itself is not malicious. The difference between storing and decrypting a database on an internet-connected Apple device and storing it in Apple’s iCloud is minuscule.
- alwayslikethis 2y agoThen it doesn't respect the users enough to be considered free software. The user must be free to do whatever he wants, even sending a plaintext copy to Google.