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by pseudalopex 143 days ago
No. The Signal developers opted out of iOS's backup and export features.
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fph 143 days ago
I have no idea why, but I would bet it's because it was sending stuff to Apple unencrypted.
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Nextgrid 143 days ago
It's because Signal has some unhealthy obsession with "security" and does not want to recipient of the communication to ever be able to export messages in plain text.
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