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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    1 year 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.

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    1 year ago

    Encrypted chats??

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

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      1 year 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.