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I mean we’re there for Signal. The parts that suck still are regarding access/retention of old messages which is an area Matrix is ironically slightly better ab

I mean we’re there for Signal. The parts that suck still are regarding access/retention of old messages which is an area Matrix is ironically slightly better about. But Signal we don’t need to think about verification, at worst it says this asshole has a new identity and then I have to tell them I’ve reset my iPhone for the 4th time this week… Normal users do find retention important even if privacy/security minded users find value in ephemerality.

BrenBarn 11mo ago
Can you use Signal across multiple devices?
- joecool1029 11mo ago
  Officially it supports linking other devices like their desktop app as a secondary. I currently use this to link into signal-mautrix on my matrix homeserver. This way I can access signal from multiple phones and multiple computers using a matrix client instead.
  - BrenBarn 11mo ago
    But you still need one "primary" device and it has to be a phone, right? That's different from Matrix where you can have arbitrary devices that are all on an equal footing.
    - grishka 11mo ago
      Yes. And, annoyingly, when you only use Signal occasionally, these desktop sessions expire. And you have to link again. And when you do, you end up with a gap in your conversation history because "security".
    - int_19h 11mo ago
      Yes, and there's also a limit of max 5 linked devices.
- jeroenhd 11mo ago
  You can use Molly to put Signal on multiple devices or you can bridge it into Matrix or XMPP, but you'll always need to run on one "main" device.