“Your message history is stored on your own devices.”
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Because message history is stored on user devices rather than Signal's infrastructure, Signal does not hold or control users' message archives.
Your message history resides on your device, meaning Signal does not retain it on its end.
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"Your message history is stored on your own devices.Excerpt from Signal's Privacy Policy
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Because message history is stored on user devices rather than Signal's infrastructure, Signal does not hold or control users' message archives.
Your message history resides on your device, meaning Signal does not retain it on its end.
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