A lot of people use this as an SMS replacement, cool story that you don’t use it that way, but there are plenty of people that do. And the fact that it can also take over and send normal SMS and not just signal means people have more tightly integrated it.
It’s hard to tell what chats you’ll want to retain, so people will just use the other app…
On the other hand, I usually know ahead of time when I don’t want a certain conversation saved. Even if I don’t, I can delete a message for everyone right after something is sent. That stuff won’t get backed up.
Retaining data for years is not.
I don’t see why this is the case? Sure deleting your data completely is always more private than keeping it, but why would it be that much worse keeping it. If the information is important, people will keep it in other forms instead (ex. insecure chat app, personal notes, text messages).
A lot of people use this as an SMS replacement, cool story that you don’t use it that way, but there are plenty of people that do. And the fact that it can also take over and send normal SMS and not just signal means people have more tightly integrated it.
Uh, it does not and has not sent SMS for a good while now.
why do you need 5 year history of your sms?
So use more than one app. Signal is secure. Retaining data for years is not.
It’s very clear that way.
It’s hard to tell what chats you’ll want to retain, so people will just use the other app…
On the other hand, I usually know ahead of time when I don’t want a certain conversation saved. Even if I don’t, I can delete a message for everyone right after something is sent. That stuff won’t get backed up.
I don’t see why this is the case? Sure deleting your data completely is always more private than keeping it, but why would it be that much worse keeping it. If the information is important, people will keep it in other forms instead (ex. insecure chat app, personal notes, text messages).