It depends on their apartment

I think it’s pretty ap-parent

I don’t use it, and I’ve seen less than a handful in total from my contacts.

But if it did or does make others join Signal then I’m glad that it’s there.

Perhaps more striking, the UK is not on the list.

The technology that underpins this initial version of secure backups will also serve as the foundation for more secure backup options in the near future. Our future plans include letting you save a secure backup archive to the location of your choosing, alongside features that let you transfer your encrypted message history between Android, iOS, and Desktop devices.

And like others also pointed out, it’s already possible to do a local backup on Android and then sync with whatever tool you see fit. But letting users choose the location and also enabling it for other platforms is definitely welcome.

Greg has great music taste

Also from the article (clicking the dots in the text)

Each version of the Signal app expires after about 90 days, after which people on the older version will need to update to the latest version of Signal. This means that in about 90 days, your phone number privacy settings will be honored by everyone using an official Signal app.

It’s one thing finding the image to be erotic, but what confuses me more is how it could be specifically homoerotic. Is that finger thing he’s doing a secret homo pick up sign that I don’t know about (but presumably conservative christians do…)? Were male christians aroused but not female ones?

Yes, and it follows what was shown in a YouTube video of a beta build earlier in spring. I think it looks very promising. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g81mBMGw6fo

Either that, or country within EU where cash is seldomly used and the person thought “wtf do I do with this…”