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lqdc13 on Oct 12, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Disappearing messages for Signal

I don't think it's nearly as difficult as DRM. That feature is mostly a gimmick. A lot like Snapchat's.

This might help with security if it takes as long to crack someone's phone as it takes to expire the messages.

rciorba on Oct 12, 2016 [–]

Actually, I can get the source code for the client, delete the "auto expire" feature and compile it. So there's nothing stopping anyone from archiving messages you want them to be able to read.

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