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Nemeski@lemm.ee to privacy@lemmy.ca · 1 year ago

Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

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Nemeski@lemm.ee to privacy@lemmy.ca · 1 year ago
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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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    Doesn’t… doesn’t then OpenSSH client store keys in text files?

    I’m trying to figure out how this is an issue, other than maybe Signal should be using an OS level keystore.

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    You come to expect better but then you can only roll your eyes and face-palm when even “the best” do something this stupid.

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      To be fair it’s on your own device, not the server.

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