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by xoa
847 days ago
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>Signal expressly prohibits and doesn’t allow any kind of backup — encrypted or not — on iOS/iPadOS/macOS. I do not think you are correct, or perhaps alternatively this is a distinction without meaning. iDevices do indeed lock down against owner control unless the device is jailbroken. But Signal for Mac only requires 10.15 or later. Even if they wanted to, old Intel Macs simply do not offer the hardware guarantees to protect against the owner getting access to their own data if they want to, though even current ones will still let you turn off SIP etc if you wish. I don't even need to look to guarantee that if someone wants access to their own Signal data on the Mac (or Windows, or Linux which can be run with any 64-bit distributions supporting APT), or any of these virtualized (and thus on the BSDs which aren't formally supported [0]), they can get it. And again, this is somewhat a distinction without meaning. Like, how does someone read their messages on Signal for Desktop after setting it up and it's syncing going forward? They login to the system, and there is a saved key and that makes it work. If they then choose to backup said system or VM without encryption now what? I have heard that on iOS Signal has always been somewhat evil in attempting to steal people's data away from them, which is part of the reason I avoided it. But fortunately we don't yet live in a world where the same games can be pulled on regular computers. And hopefully eventually legislation will make it illegal on all computers, including handhelds, too. ---- 0: 64-bit distributions supporting APT |
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