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What is the reason for saving the end-to-end encrypted backup files on Signal backup servers instead of iCloud or Google backup service, as most of us are alrea
by ngrilly 1y ago
What is the reason for saving the end-to-end encrypted backup files on Signal backup servers instead of iCloud or Google backup service, as most of us are already paying for this storage?
- drnick1 1y agoBesides the obvious (they want/need the revenue from selling their own solution), many people using Signal do so in an effort to move away from Big Tech and/or on devices with custom ROMs.
- ngrilly 1y agoYes, but Signal mission is also to popularize E2E secure communication for normal users, whi usually don’t use a custom ROM.
- bsimpson 1y agoThe "Signal should exist" part of me is happy to donate $2/mo to help them keep the lights on, but I really did expect that to be an option alongside Drive/Dropbox/et al, not the only option.
- Dunedan 1y agoFYI: "Signal backup servers" currently seems to mean either Google Cloud Storage or CloudFlare R2 according to https://github.com/signalapp/storage-manager/blob/e45aaf5bd13c0eac8f1f2333d3da0d26c3658d52/workers/src/index.ts#L212-L241 https://github.com/signalapp/storage-manager/blob/e45aaf5bd1...