[Khao]

I want something to replace Hangouts, WhatsApp and Messenger and Telegram fits the bill while it looks to me like Signal doesn't. My Telegram account can be synced on multiple PCs and devices, while Signal seems to be phone only.

[privong]

> My Telegram account can be synced on multiple PCs and devices, while Signal seems to be phone only.

I believe that is only temporary. The latest version of Signal hints at multi-device synchronization, though it appears to not be fully implemented. One example of this is the Chrome browser extension[0].

[0] https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Browser

[plusquamperfekt]

Maybe for a synching feature it would be necessary to compromise on security of the data. The data is asymmetrically encrypted - so you'd have to synch it yourself by sending the data encrypted with you second phones key or you'd have to copy the private key itself. But I guess it would be possible. Though I don't miss this feature anyway.

[superuser2]

iMessage already does this without leaking private keys by associating users with many public keys (per-device) instead of just one.

[rodgerd]

Yeah, telling everyone I want to communicate with they have to buy an iPhone to talk to me any more is a totally reasonable approach.

[superuser2]

I'm just pointing out what the solution is for end to end encrypted messaging when users have multiple devices. No need to be hostile.

[plusquamperfekt]

I don't trust Apple ...

[bitskits]

Some settings in the latest Android beta of Signal indicate this is being worked on.