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Edit Message in Signal Beta (and stable?) (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/android@lemdro.id
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Edit Message

Now you can edit a message even after it has been sent! Fix a tpyo, include the missing ingredient in grandma's chocolate chip cookie recipe, or add the punchline to a joke if you hit the send button too quickly. The choice is yours.

Messages will always show when they have been edited, and you can tap on the "Edited" indicator to see the full edit history for any edited messages.

Update the past in the present to prevent future confusion today!

Got this today on Signal beta. Editing is one feature I really wanted in Signal.

Anyone else got it?

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[-] Steve@communick.news 32 points 1 year ago

I got it too. Sounds great. I frequently miss type and wish I could go back to fix it.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago

Delete for everyone, and resend is so jarring. 😂

[-] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

mistype*

not sure if thatsthejoke.jpg

[-] On@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

This is great news. usernames next, lets goooo

[-] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

Usernames will always be one year away

[-] hiremenot_recruiter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

If you're really worried about giving out your number, you can use virtual / temporary number. Just keep in mind it complicates backups and transferring to a new phone, etc. Puts into perspective if it's worth the hassle. Or maybe you just want usernames? 😅

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Cloaked works pretty well for anonymous Signal registration. They give you a VOIP number that actually works on Signal, and you don't have to give them any personal data to sign up. It also works behind a VPN.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is workable. Especially if work profile so you can run signal twice. If you use open source signal builds, you can run Molly in the same profile. So it's pretty trivial to get four different signal clients running in each profile, so you could have eight total on an Android phone.

Just a little inconvenient:)

[-] scytale@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Awesome! Long time coming.

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 8 points 1 year ago

the edit history should apply to "Deleted Messages" too

[-] BROMETHIUS@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

Wouldn’t that be the opposite of privacy? I decide I didn’t want you seeing something after all, but fuck me?

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are already signal clients that don't honor the delete request anyway, so from a privacy perspective you cant guarantee delete anyway, so its giving people a false sense of security, at best.

Here is a signal client that lets you ignore deletes: https://github.com/johanw666/Signal-Android ... Also, view once messages don't disappear, use your own map provider, database passphrase, custom backups. I don't really suggest anyone use this fork, molly.im is better, but its illustrative that capabilities are out there, and its more privacy and security focused to not mislead people about capabilities.

[-] crawley@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Is Beta only for subscribers?

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, just enroll in the Beta on the Play Store.

[-] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not seeing it there.

EDIT: j/k, yes I do. Turns out I just had to open my eyes. Derp.

[-] Odiousmachine@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

I can edit messages on Signal stable version 6.35.3.

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

How did you get a signal contact?

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago

It appeared by default for me.

[-] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

This is the only thing that I've been missing on Signal, that's great news!

[-] sillieidiot@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Isn't it already on the stable version? I have been using it on my android v.6.34.5.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Hmm. Gotta check.

[-] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

How can you securely edit messages if they're not stored anywhere except the sending and receiving devices?..

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Same as sending or deleting messages. An edit is just another message that the clients interpret differently. They modify a previous message instead of showing it as a new one.

[-] loutr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I guess they just send the modified message and overwrite the previous version.

this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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