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		LWIRVoltage 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, D... Hold on, someone else in this thread noted this does exist " You can disable the auto-download. Settings > Data and storage > Media auto-download, you can choose what to auto download for mobile data/wifi/roaming." So, that part is there, but my question is, it's still aissue when they manually download the image, right? Unless something never accepts images from someone they aren't expecting, who 's number or unique created ID has never been seen before

danielparks 8 months ago [–]

Oh, nice. I looked under Settings > Privacy and didn’t see anything. For me it was under Settings > Data Usage.

Yes, this still an issue if you manually download an attachment, but that’s a lot better than automatically when you open a conversation.

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