The uncompromising focus on protecting the privacy of their own users is the main reason for many why they use Signal and not another messenger. But as Signal users know all too well, this comes with a certain loss of convenience. Since the user data is not temporarily stored online here, switching to a new smartphone is often a rather tedious experience – you have to export the local data manually and import it back into the new device. But it is precisely for this scenario that improvement is nearing.
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