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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by MisterFrog@lemmy.world to c/signal@lemmy.ml

I'm aware of how to set up chat backups on Android, but this only makes local backups that you have to manually upload or copy.

I'm trying to find a solution where I can set and forget backups to the cloud.

My requirements are:

  1. It doesn't require me exposing the rest of my file system/cloud storage to a third party app without scoping (filesync works, but doesn't meet this criteria).
  2. It can upload directly to a cloud service

So far, no dice :/

Is there some workaround?

P.S. my potential solution is move Signal to my Shelter Work profile, where I do have filesync installed, but then I won't have contacts access, which is a slight pain (and because I don't want to create contacts in my work profile).

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[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

This is not my experience. I happily copied the backup passphrase, and there's a spot under settings > chats > chat backups > verify backup passphrase It allows pasting there.

Further, you can set signal to allow screenshots too, under privacy > screen security

Hope this helps

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