Signal introduces free and paid backup plans for your chats | TechCrunch
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Signal introduces free and paid backup plans for your chats | TechCrunch
"Historically, the messaging app didn't let users store any kind of backup of your conversations on the platform. This could be especially troublesome if you lost or broke your phone. While you could transfer conversations from one phone to another, there was no cloud backup in place. The new feature finally solves that problem, making Signal a more valuable app for secure messaging."
"Signal's free tier gives users 100MB of storage for text messages and the last 45 days' worth of media. The company said in its blog post that it stores messages after compressing them, and 100MB would be sufficient for "even heavy" users. For users who want to store beyond the last 45 days of media, the company is offering a $1.99 per month paid plan with 100GB of storage."
"Signal is using zero-knowledge technology to secure its backups, so they're not linked to a particular user or a specific payment method. Users will receive a 64-character recovery key that is generated on the device to unlock their backups. Amid Signal rivals, WhatsApp offers end-to-end backup through an optional feature that users have to enable. At launch, Signal is offering this feature only on the beta version of its Android app, but said that cross-platform availability is coming soon."
Signal now offers encrypted cloud backups with a free tier providing 100MB for text messages and the last 45 days of media. Messages are stored after compression so 100MB should meet most users' needs. A paid plan costs $1.99 per month and adds up to 100GB for full media backups. Backups are protected with zero-knowledge encryption and a 64-character recovery key generated on-device, unlinking backups from user accounts or payment methods. The feature enables daily backups from Settings, launches on Android beta first, and will gain cross-platform availability and flexible archive storage in future updates.
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