SignalMay 21

We're ready for Microsoft Recall and the automatic screenshots it takes of everything on your desktop.

Signal Desktop on Windows now includes support for a new "Screen security" feature designed to block screenshots of your Signal chats.

https://signal.org/blog/signal-doesnt-recall/

By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall

Signal Desktop now includes support for a new “Screen security” setting that is designed to help prevent your own computer from capturing screenshots of your Signal chats on Windows. This setting is automatically enabled by default in Signal Desktop on Windows 11. If you’re wondering why we’re on...

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Show threadNewDayMay 21
@signalapp Just use Signal on #Linux and you will not have headache caused by Microsoft.
Show threadDjangoMay 21
@NewDay14 @signalapp But if your communication partner uses Windows, how is your end-to-end encryption, because everything is recorded there and made accessible to third parties in the M$ cloud?
Show threadNewDayMay 21
@Dj4n90 @signalapp The e2e encryption is OS independent. If you are writing to someone who is not using the same OS as you, you should not be bothered. I have not found any information that Signal stores the messages using Microsoft's cloud.
Show threadDjangoMay 21
@NewDay14 @signalapp Do you really trust that nobody but yourself has/will have access to your recall folder?
Show threadNewDay
@Dj4n90 @signalapp No, but Signal will not give Recall access to your screen or I did not really understand the new feature above.
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