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Signal Launches Secure Backups: Protecting Your Private Chats

2025-09-08

Signal has launched its highly anticipated secure backups feature, allowing users to restore chat history if their phone is lost or damaged. The feature uses end-to-end encryption to protect user privacy. Currently available in the latest Android beta, it will soon roll out to iOS and desktop. Free backups include all text messages and the last 45 days of media, while a paid subscription unlocks longer media history. As a non-profit, Signal uses paid subscriptions to cover the costs of storing and transferring large amounts of data, upholding its commitment to not collecting or selling user data.

Signal Desktop's New Screen Security Feature Fights Back Against Microsoft Recall

2025-05-21

Signal Desktop for Windows now includes a "Screen security" setting to prevent screenshots of Signal chats from being captured by Microsoft Recall. This setting is automatically enabled on Windows 11. Recall, a feature that takes screenshots every few seconds and stores them in a searchable database, was initially met with intense backlash and removed, only to return with adjustments. Signal's new feature uses DRM flags to block screenshots, albeit with usability trade-offs. Signal urges OS vendors to provide better developer tools to avoid privacy apps needing workarounds to protect user privacy.