r/signal

I joined a Signal group without much context, just because of a link I found. I thought it would be something more or less normal; at worst, it would be an 18+ group, and if that were the case, I'd be cleared. But I found some truly disgusting and illegal things that I don't even think I can mention, but you can probably imagine what they are. I'm getting notifications of this person's horribly degenerate messages in the group, and this is obviously a terrible group that shouldn't exist. Is there any way to report the group to the company or something? I'm new to Signal; a friend joined, and I have no idea how anything works. I just want that group to disappear, even if it's just that, because it's awful.

Delivery status isn't showing in the chat for one of my contacts. Both of our messages are delivered and chats work, but I don't get any delivery indications. what causes this becuse chatting works totaly fine but suddenly delivery receipts stop working even when messages are opend on both our ends it just gives single check mark

Folders have been available on desktop, and android since 2024

is there any word on when or if this feature will make it to iOS?

I have not been able to find any officially published info or even whispers about this, just documentation of folders being released and/or updated on other platforms.

It is so frustrating to think about my messaging privacy and long term usage being dependant upon my country's phone number. I know it has it own reasons for authentication and bot verification. But if only this app has a phone number independant feature, I'll be out on a mass marketing campaign to onboard people onto this service. Are there any discussions or future plans to remove phone number requirement from this app. It would greatly help me with my concerns about complete privacy and anonymity.

I've had this problem a few years ago, updated the app, didn't change. I don't remember what made it stop.

Having the same problem again since yesterday. No updates available. Beta user. Rebooted my phone.

I can not interact in chats in these 5 seconds. I can read messages but can't react with an emoji or answer, even If I'm quick enough to send et before it crashes again after 5 seconds.

my current workaround is using signal on my laptop but that's not very practical if I'm on the move.

Anyone having similar problems?

What do I need to consider regarding chat backups /safety key before de- and reinstalling the app? I've lost my chats several times over the last years due to my lack of thoroughness regarding backups.

Hi,

I have a problem with verification code. I can’t recive?

Currently got a new phone.

I backed up my old phone onto new one so everything transferred. Signal is on there but it has no messages, etc.

If there a way to transfer those messages from old phone to new phone?

If I open signal on old phone it says this account is registered with a different phone and I can’t click on much.

Is Signal compatible with other proprietary operating systems besides Android, iOS, HarmonyOS, etc.? I'm currently in the process of de-big data, de-Google, etc.

The question is in the title.

I'm trying to restore signal history from my mac to my iphone by using a spare android as an intermediary. Using signalbackup-tools (Signal is corrupted and won't restore)
But.. I'm stuck at the point of creating an empty back up file from the android.
When I follow the steps I get a folder, not a file. It should be in the format signal-YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM.backup. But I only get a folder, which doesn't work.
I've enabled backups. I've restarted device. I've redone it.
(I'm using signal settings>backups> create backup)
Help! What am i doing wrong? Any advice would be really appreciated!

Hello guys!

After being AWOL from Signal for about a little longer than half a year, it seems I have returned to some very neat features announced. With Secure Backups, I feel like I have a little light at the end of the tunnel for a problem I created for myself.

In short, I am currently not able to link Android to Desktop with the chats from Android being reflected to Desktop after linking. From my understanding, this is intended, it's how Signal works. But with this new feature, if I backed up with the paid plan on Android, could I somehow retrieve this backup on Desktop?

From looking around, it seems that if you link with Android, what's supposed to happen is "all your chats and the last 45 days of media can be synchronized from your mobile phone the first time you set up the linked device", which sounds like the free plan. I did not get this option, I simply started "syncing", but there were no chats in the end (on Desktop), which might have to do with me re-linking and not "linking the first time".

Would the idea be that I pay for the 100GB plan, backup the data on the cloud, unlink Desktop, then link again to get the correct prompt? Again, all I want is my chats from Android to appear on Desktop.

Thanks in advance, this has been quite a day trying to juggle local backups that it has fried every iota of my brain

I switched to signal a couple of years ago and completed deleted WhatsApp a year ago. However it's been difficult to convince other people from switching to Signal due to phone verfication issue. The government heavily censor the internet here so on desktop it only works with a VPN but the real deal breaker is phone verification. Wish signal could use email verification instead or no verfication.

Gonna give SimpleX Chat a try as they don't require phone number.

A day or two ago, the layout of the app changed. Instead of the navigation bar being on the bottom, it's now down the left side. Also, instead of using the full screen when I go inyo a chat, it splits the screen into 3 columns - navigation bar, list of chats and finally the chat squeezed into the right third of the screen. I do not like this. I did not set this up. How do I go back to how it was?

Asked them twice for help with no reply. Just wanted to try and find a lost contact :(

So it appears the FBI was able to extract Signal messages from a iPhone even after the app was deleted and messages were set to disappear. This highlights that even encrypted apps can leave traces. Notification databases are often a overlooked privacy risk.

What happened:

- The FBI didn’t break Signal’s encryption or anything like that. They simply accessed the iPhone’s internal notification database, where incoming message previews were stored.

- If Signal (or any other app) is set to show message previews in notifications, those previews are saved in the phone’s memory, regardless of whether the app is deleted or messages are set to disappear.

- So even if you delete Signal or use disappearing messages, anyone with physical access to your unlocked phone could potentially recover message content from notifications.

Recommened steps for better privacy:

- Disable message previews in Signal’s notification settings. Go to Signal Settings > Notifications > Show > and select “No Name or Content” or “Name Only.

- Consider disabling notifications for sensitive apps entirely.

- The phone needs to be unlocked to access the notification database. Always use a strong passcode and consider additional security measures like USB Restricted Mode.

Edit: Just to clarify this post isn’t targeting Signal in anyway or suggesting any flaw in its encryption. I'm trying to raise awareness about how even after an app or messages are deleted, IOS and others devices can store sensitive data. It's just to get everyone to review their settings as no app can protect you if your device is physically compromised.

Stay safe!

Hi all,

Signal version 8.7.0 running on Linux Mint. There's an option to schedule automated chat backups. I've identified a location in the app's settings of where I want the backups to go, but so far there are no backups except for the manual backup I ran as a test (successful, went to the folder I declared).

Anyone else using Signal backups on Linux that could help me out?

my sketchy ass plug in a moment of paranoia through it on. i msgd him once being chill n asking if i could reup off him, message disappeared no reply. thought hmm thats unusual. waited a day and tried reaching out again, nothing but now the message is gone again...

is he like, reading the message, ghosting me and the message disappears? or is there a chance that im sending the message, and he doesnt look at it in time which then its deleted (1hr timer)

does the counter for when it deletes, start as soon as i send, or does it start once they read it? am i rly getting cut off?😐