Many V/M users who value their privacy would state to not run linux in a v/m on top of windows due to windows being the gaping hole in security.

Well Android and iPhone are in the same boat. Obviously I may be missing something but from what I've read, if the manufacturers do indeed snoop, how is a secure app on top of it actually secure?

Hi, I´ve got one simple question about On-device backups: The documentation says: "On-device backups, available on Android and Desktop only, create encrypted backup files stored locally on your device and protected by a passphrase. These only work during Android device transfers or reinstalls ***on the same Android device***, requiring the backup file."

--> So what does this mean?

a) If you have only a local copy of the backup on the phone and the phone is lost / destroyed --> backup is gone too. But

b) If you have a copy (in the cloud e.g.) you can of course restore the backup on a new phone?

Best

Zoidberg

This feature would be in the interest of privacy while also reducing the size of URLs shared by less technically savvy group members, creating less noise.

I understand sometimes query variables can be critical to a page's functionality, like a paywall gifted article code or a product variant on a shopping site. However, those things are less likely to come up in many group types so an option still makes sense IMO.

FB tracker IDs are rampant in a community group chat I'm in, I want them to be stripped automatically 😢

Hi, is signal always using mobile data for calling? in google app store it has this description

"Send texts, voice messages, photos, videos, GIFs, and files for free. Signal uses your phone’s data connection, so you avoid SMS and MMS fees."

I recognized today, after a call, that it used a data instead my home WiFi. I couldn't find option to block it.