{"id":198195,"date":"2025-11-24T20:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/198195\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T20:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:45:16","slug":"signals-secure-message-backups-arrive-on-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/198195\/","title":{"rendered":"Signal\u2019s secure message backups arrive on iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Signal is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/signalapp\/status\/1993018186690871409?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">launching secure backups on iOS<\/a>, allowing you to save and restore your messages in case you lose or break your phone. With the free version of the feature, you can store up to 100MB of text messages, along with the past 45 days\u2019 worth of photos, videos, GIFs, and files.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">There\u2019s also a $1.99 per month option that can back up all of your text messages, in addition to up to 100GB of media beyond the 45-day cap. Signal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/774018\/signal-encrypted-secure-backups-paid-feature-beta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first launched secure backups<\/a> on Android devices in September, which store your messages and media using end-to-end encryption. You can access your backup using a 64-character recovery key generated on your device, though Signal notes that it can\u2019t help you recover the code if you lose it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.signal.org\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/9708267671322-Signal-Secure-Backup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">To enable secure backups<\/a>, head to the <strong>Settings<\/strong> menu and select <strong>Backups<\/strong>. From there, tap <strong>Setup<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Enable Backups<\/strong> and then write down or store your recovery key. Once you confirm your recovery key, you can choose between the free or paid plan. Signal will then begin storing your messages and media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Signal plans on bringing secure backups to its desktop app, too, and will eventually allow you to transfer your encrypted messaging history between Android, iOS, and desktop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Signal is launching secure backups on iOS, allowing you to save and restore your messages in case you&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[1307,18,19,17,5,983,753,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-198195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-apps","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-security","14":"tag-tech","15":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115606632750439119","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}