Nemeski@lemm.ee to privacy@lemmy.ca · 6 months agoSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintextstackdiary.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down117cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.worldprivacytechnology@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.orgprivacyguides@lemmy.one
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minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThey are text files but they are not “plaintext”. They are (optionally) encrypted with a user-supplied password. That is why you need ssh-agent to stay sane.
They are text files but they are not “plaintext”. They are (optionally) encrypted with a user-supplied password. That is why you need
ssh-agent
to stay sane.