What we really REALLY need is to be able to install it on two android clients. For some stupid reason I can't have it on my phone and fucking tablet.
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What?! Really? Bruh..
This is my biggest gripe. Switching from iOS and Android back and forth has been a pain
I think it only syncs media sent the last 45days though. Did they change that too?
No, its still 45 days
I mean sure, technically that is a limitation. Realistically though, that is long enough.
Or do you regularly not open the desktop client for more than 45 days?
More of a problem when adding a new desktop.
Yeah, this. They should really make an os-agnostic database of the chats to freely export/import among devices, like simpleX allows
Interesting feature, surely possible. I have seen that on "Threema". Of course, secured by two layers of passwords/-phrases and strict connection procedure.
Not the person you asked the question to. But I might not use my computer for weeks so it happens like once a year to me
I think the question is rather, "Realistically though, that is long enough" not just to get the data itself but rather how frequently once needs the data that is older than 45 days old AND who didn't open the client for that duration AND that can not find it on their other client.
It's definitely not impossible... but it's also for most users probably (but that's just my bet from my normal usage) extremely rare.
Hmm ... are you talking about the original Signal app or the Molly app? Because I don't really understand your news here.
For me, as far as I am aware, Signal has always been synchronising the chat history. The only condition being, that you have connected your device before in the past, which I think is a good privacy feature. (Although, I haven't checked, how far back it goes. Never needed that.) - You don't want any random new device read all our history, or do you?
I always set my chats to expire after a day or two. You guys letting yours pile up forever?
Well, as for many topics, also "privacy" in detail seems to be very different to many people. Personally I like the "auto-expire" feature in every messager app. But I also know people, who get angry about deleted chats. Because they forgot, what's been said in the past or they want to look up stuff months ago, or ... I else don't know.