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hedora on May 15, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Android's theft protection features

Even then, some apps "know better" and are not backed up. Signal is one of the bigger offenders on this front (despite there being options for E2E encrypted / on-site backup in iOS).

hiatus on May 15, 2024 [–]

Signal has its own backup feature that will backup to a file on your device on Android as well.

Settings -> Chats -> Chat backups

pseudalopex on May 16, 2024 | [–]

Signal for iOS does not allow backup. And the developers said they would remove it for Android probably. But it was years ago.

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