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Any guide on how to backup encrypted chats (OMEMO) and keys on android (Conversations) and how to use multiple devices (my phone and linux pc).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Multiple device use needs no special setup, but given the inherent forward security of OMEMO, new devices will not have access to old messages.

You can make backups of your decrypted chats through the settings menu in Conversations.

Making a backup of the keys is unnecessary as they should be treated as device specific and not transferred between devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Encrypted chats??

As u said keys are diff on diff device how they will sync in real time?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, you can have multiple keys from different devices active. Try sending a omemo encrypted message from the device you have problems decrypting from, as sometimes it needs such a trigger to sync public keys.

What doesn't work (by design) is to add new devices and sync old history.

Edit: Also, all chats are encrypted via TLS, omemo just adds additional e2ee which isn't really needed if you use a trusted server, ideally your own.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh so If I chat with someone on mobile there are no ways to get it in pc?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

? Of course you can. It works automatically without problems.