Not everyone who uses Signal needs highest security; a backup option—especially if turned on contact by contact—would accelerate adoption. Most of the time, that's why I can't get people to use Signal at all, which hinders Signal for the truly at-risk.https://twitter.com/hibaymj/status/996024523727233025 …
At-risk people need ordinary people to use Signal (people cannot install a "security-only" app in at-risk nations) and ordinary people cannot have *zero* options for backing up anything. Warn people backups are insecure and let them back up.
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That's a reasonable proposal, though I think it's also reasonable to say that this would weaken security for everyone. Like, if you know that your contacts can easily back up to Google drive unencrypted, do you still think of Signal as secure?
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Don't get me wrong, I am frustrated by lack of backups on Signal, too, even as I understand its tradeoffs. It leads me to believe that we probably need different messaging apps for different contexts/needs.
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@whispersystems got back to you on your comments. Would be interesting to hear their side.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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