Signal’s secure message backups arrive on iOS

Signal is launching unafraid backups connected iOS, allowing you to prevention and reconstruct your messages successful lawsuit you suffer oregon interruption your phone. With the escaped mentation of the feature, you tin store up to 100MB of substance messages, on with the past 45 days’ worthy of photos, videos, GIFs, and files.

There’s besides a $1.99 per period enactment that tin backmost up each of your substance messages, successful summation to up to 100GB of media beyond the 45-day cap. Signal first launched unafraid backups connected Android devices successful September, which store your messages and media utilizing end-to-end encryption. You tin entree your backup utilizing a 64-character betterment cardinal generated connected your device, though Signal notes that it can’t assistance you retrieve the codification if you suffer it.

To alteration unafraid backups, caput to the Settings paper and prime Backups. From there, pat Setup > Enable Backups and past constitute down oregon store your betterment key. Once you corroborate your betterment key, you tin take betwixt the escaped oregon paid plan. Signal volition past statesman storing your messages and media.

Signal plans connected bringing unafraid backups to its desktop app, too, and volition yet let you to transportation your encrypted messaging past betwixt Android, iOS, and desktop.