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Yes, that’s extremely annoying. Even if you have the old phone with you, the transfer takes ages. It also doesn’t back up the chats in Apple’s iCloud backup nor direct device to device transfer
Because iCloud and secure messenger don't go together.
iCloud and iCloud backup is insecure. At least until end-to-end encryption was introduced. But even now you don't know if the other person has iCloud encryption enabled.
 
Zuckerberg, NO ONE CARES ABOUT THIS, NO ONE ASKED FOR IT!
Get on with an iPad version you odd little man. Thank you. Oh and while you're at it let us change the bubble colours.
 
Because iCloud and secure messenger don't go together.
iCloud and iCloud backup is insecure. At least until end-to-end encryption was introduced. But even now you don't know if the other person has iCloud encryption enabled.

Even WhatsApp seems to have figured out a way to encrypt the iCloud backup. I'm not convinced that Signal couldn't do the same if they wanted to.
 
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WhatsApp be tripping? Just received this text. Seriously 🥴

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Outside the US, the whole world uses WhatsApp
Not true at all. Facebook Messenger, Viber, and WeChat are more popular in certain countries. WhatsApp is dominant in Western Europe and South America, but outside of that, it's a mix of messaging apps.
 
Not true at all. Facebook Messenger, Viber, and WeChat are more popular in certain countries. WhatsApp is dominant in Western Europe and South America, but outside of that, it's a mix of messaging apps.
Asians also use Whatsapp. Except China, WeChat is huge there.
 
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