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Another comment by greyson-signal on #10618 3:
I’ll reiterate that we cannot just ‘turn the old thing back on’. It was very bad for multiple reasons, and we’d probably just have to re-do it from the ground-up and do a bunch of testing on it. That takes a lot of time, and it’s hard to justify putting a lot of time into features to support non-encrypted messaging. Not saying we won’t ever come back to it, but we need to schedule time for it, and there’s no time in the near future.
SMS Messages not imported after enabling from Signal app #10618 //
greyson-signal commented 2 days ago
I'll reiterate that we cannot just 'turn the old thing back on'. It was very bad for multiple reasons, and we'd probably just have to re-do it from the ground-up and do a bunch of testing on it. That takes a lot of time, and it's hard to justify putting a lot of time into features to support non-encrypted messaging. Not saying we won't ever come back to it, but we need to schedule time for it, and there's no time in the near future.
Telegram does offer “secret chats,” which provides end-to-end encryption, albeit only from one device to another, between just two people. It won’t sync across multiple devices and it won’t work for groups. Telegram says this is technically difficult to do, albeit both Signal and iMessage have managed to execute this level of encryption flawlessly. In reality, Telegram’s architecture is designed to provide fast and seamless multi-device access to a cloud repository—its priorities are different. //
The Signal settings you must change are the “registration lock” and the “screen lock.” Of these, the registration lock is the critical one. This means you’ll need that PIN to install your Signal account on a new phone, stopping anyone hijacking your account. If someone does hijack your account, they won’t get access to your message history—just messages sent while they have access. This is similar to WhatsApp, albeit such hijacks have become a major issue. As Signal gains popularity, the risk will increase.