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		whyever 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signal Secure Backups Signal asks you to repeat the key immediately before even enabling backups. It cannot fail much later unless you modify the digit after the check.

upofadown 16 days ago [–]

A longer key makes typing a bunch of characters back into the phone much less usable.

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