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Just found out the Signal desktop client FINALLY syncs chat history (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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For anyone that might need to hear it. I just installed the flatpak, and when linking it to my Molly app, I saw on the app the option to sync all message history. This is what always bugged me on the desktop client. Seems they finally went ahead to enable this feature.

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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I think it only syncs media sent the last 45days though. Did they change that too?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I mean sure, technically that is a limitation. Realistically though, that is long enough.

    Or do you regularly not open the desktop client for more than 45 days?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    More of a problem when adding a new desktop.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yeah, this. They should really make an os-agnostic database of the chats to freely export/import among devices, like simpleX allows

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Why do you need this? I'm curious because I didn't even notice Signal had this restriction. To me instant messenges really aren't something that I'd ever need an archive of.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Might be my data hoarding tendencies. It's moments which I have the option to not erase and dont take up much storage, so why not. I guess with face to face communication this wouldnt be a thing, but now I have the option and it bugs me to let it go I guess.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not the person you asked the question to. But I might not use my computer for weeks so it happens like once a year to me

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think the question is rather, "Realistically though, that is long enough" not just to get the data itself but rather how frequently once needs the data that is older than 45 days old AND who didn't open the client for that duration AND that can not find it on their other client.

    It's definitely not impossible... but it's also for most users probably (but that's just my bet from my normal usage) extremely rare.

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