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Jay Peters @ The Verge 3 place · 09/08/2025 14:59 EDT

Signal’s first paid feature adds encrypted media and message backups

Signal is launching its first paid feature: the ability to make secure, end-to-end encrypted backups of your media history older than 45 days and of your text message history for $1.99 per month. “Media requires a lot of storage, and storing and transferring large amounts of data is expensive,” Signal’s VP of engineering, Jim O’Leary, […]

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