Popular encrypted messaging app Signal is facing criticism over a security issue in its desktop application. Researchers and app users are raising
  • Tramort@programming.devEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It is a super important detail, but it’s still unforgivable for an app that expects privacy to be part of its brand identity.

      • Tramort@programming.devEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        Agreed

        But you can’t have privacy without security, and any privacy brand must have security in their bones.

        • claudiop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          You can’t encrypt anything without a key. This is the key. If it wasn’t in plaintext then it would be encrypted. Then you’d need a key for that. Where do you put it?

          Phone OSs have mechanisms to solve this. Desktop ones do not.