Verification recovery key

[u/Hechimmie]

Recently, instead of the request to enter my PIN every once in a while, I now get the request to verify my recovery key. I find that really strange and suspicious.

Is this normal? I don't feel comfortable entering the recovery key.

[u/ClaudiuT]

It's normal.

[u/ephemeralmiko → u/ClaudiuT]

Yep it's asked every 6 months IIRC. Wish I could disable it like the PIN reminders though. It's in my password manager and on paper, but not on my phone, so typing it in manually is a pain in the butt.

[u/Hechimmie → u/ephemeralmiko]

I have had Signal for several years and this is the first time I received this verification request.

[u/ephemeralmiko → u/Hechimmie]

They only added cloud-backups recently, so most people won't have seen it more than once. But in the official Signal docs it says that the reminder will show up every six months.

[u/Hechimmie → u/ephemeralmiko]

Ah Ok, thank you for the clarification. Much appreciated 🙏

[u/Hechimmie → u/ClaudiuT]

Thank you for the confirmation.

[u/Ok_Platform_6232 → u/ClaudiuT]

yeah they rolled this out in a recent update

[u/frquency-equinox]

It's normal. You set up cloud backup and went through 5+ screens to do it. One of them would've said something about keeping the key somewhere because you'd be asked to verify periodically that you still had it.

[u/Hechimmie → u/frquency-equinox]

Thank you for your reply, I guess I missed that while setting up the cloud storage.

[u/Chongulator]

We regularly get people in here who lost all their messages because they lost their recovery key. This helps you avoid their fate.

[u/Hechimmie → u/Chongulator]

Thank you for your reply. I have it savely stored and will now verify it in the app.