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> the Signal team fundamentally does not value chat history the same way a lot of people do This is the core problem as why many projects don't get mainstream. They have 2 options: they can focus on what they think is a priority, or on what the public thinks is a priority. I'm not saying Signal is wrong on doing what they are doing, as they are being successful among some niches (i.e: tech). But to grab Whatsapp user…
Telegram is really good for this, in my experience, and similar to Signal. But you're right, Signal is designed for secure communication between parties. Allowing messages to be exported or archived should at worst leave only your own messages (and remove all others including media) and at best not exist at all. Sure, let me just single handedly backup our conversation and send it to the HK police...
Re: Signal WhatsApp Chats Import
#281You should be aware that if you can read messages on the screen with an open source app they can be exported. There's no way around this, if the app is closed source it might be initially harder to export but just as possible.