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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app

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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

Popular encrypted messaging app Signal is facing criticism over a security issue in its desktop application. Researchers and app users are raising

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What a useless app decrypts messages on my own screen when I log in with my passwords & other protections/protocols just for me to read them?

No, ty, I’ll decrypt everything in my mind only, securely under a tinfoil protection device.

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