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Maybe they mean how the messages don’t sync between devices

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Ah, I thought that was by design.

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But they do sync. They just don’t keep messaging history, which is, as you say, by design. Signal doesn’t keep copies of your messages so they cannot give you old message history if you connect your account to a new device.

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That’s true, but once you trust a new device, there’s no reason the authority (your phone that has all history) couldn’t transfer the history over to the new client.

I get it would add some complexity, but it could be done in a secure and private way.

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They could sync those between devices on the same network. It’s definitely possible to have both.

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Probably mean run it on more than one phone. I’d love to run it on my iPhone and my android phone but it can’t be run without a phone number on a phone afaik

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Yeah this is a limitation that I’d also like they „fix“.

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Yup, exactly. I switch between phone and tablet during the day and signal is the only messaging client that makes me stop what I’m doing and pick up an entirely separate device to check messages and reply. A bunch of my friends ended up on telegram or matrix because the usage model just doesn’t work for people who use multiple android or iOS devices.

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