| ▲ | Shank 2 hours ago | |
> Interestingly here, the sqlite DB would be trivially fixable, and messages restorable, with the `sqlite3` CLI. It seems to me like the app itself should be able to perform this operation and restore data? Why is this not just fixed in the app? | ||
| ▲ | nh2 an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Because Signal developers do not spend time on this. Which is all well; after all nobody is paying them to do it. My complaint is that they + iOS simultaneously prevent able users from fixing it themselves, or paying somebody to fix it. | ||
| ▲ | nikanj 30 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Because lost messages are safe. If the user data is gone, it can’t be stolen! | ||