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this would presumambly also prevent signal from working over RDP/remote desktop. With that said, anyone by default this seems somewhat pointless (though I migh
by compsciphd 1y ago
this would presumambly also prevent signal from working over RDP/remote desktop.
With that said, anyone by default this seems somewhat pointless (though I might be wrong), as by default it seems signal keeps the entire message history in a sqlite DB on the machine. While one can argue that the screenshot history is problematic, the sqlite DB is just as problematic if one views it as a need to have good privacy defaults, and I'd argue that the sqlite DB is much more valuable to exfilitrate than the screenshot history.
Now, one can counter that one can purge the message history (all or in part) in a manner that is easier than with Recall, and I'd agree that Recall would be better if it gave the users fine grained ability to purge things from it, but that doesn't change the argument that we are simply seeing virtue signaling here (pun slightly intended), as this change to defaults doesn't really improve a user's privacy.