Signal PINs
I&#x27;m extremely disappointed about how this Signal PIN rollout has been handled. Signal refused to let me view my received messages until I created a PIN. I filed a bug report about it [1]. I don&#x27;t know if I was just caught in an A&#x2F;B test or what because it hasn&#x27;t happened to all of my Signal-using friends but it happened to me.<p>I don&#x27;t understand why it isn&#x27;t just optional. They claim they want to protect my Signal data stored in the cloud. I don&#x27;t want my data stored in the cloud. I want them to store nothing. I don&#x27;t care about their Intel SGX whatever because I don&#x27;t want to have to trust their servers in the first place.<p>Cloud storage is a complete non-starter for me. I started my company to get away from cloud storage [2]. The fact that they are forcing this on their users is making me seriously consider dumping Signal. I just don&#x27;t know if there are any sane alternatives.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;signalapp&#x2F;Signal-Android&#x2F;issues&#x2F;9632" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;signalapp&#x2F;Signal-Android&#x2F;issues&#x2F;9632</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;homefort.app&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;homefort.app&#x2F;</a>