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by vetinari
1822 days ago
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Signal does not sync across devices; they have per-device queue and the message is encrypted with each device keys. If your device doesn't pick the message from the queue on time (either before queue getting full, or expiring after ~60 days), you won't have that message on that specific device, ever. You also won't have older messages (before you enrolled the device) on it (that also means you won't have the old messages on your new phone, without transferring them or restoring from backup). Signal does it relatively right; but the nuances are difficult to explain. Even here, on HN, it is difficult to explain the Telegram's tradeoffs, how would you explain that to common users? |
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> it is difficult to explain the Telegram's tradeoffs, how would you explain that to common users?
I think that serves as an additional indicator for the trade-off decision not being a conscious user choice.
I'm not sure many people would opt for unencrypted chat even if they fully understood those particular multi-device limitations you described.