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minus-squareGolfNovemberUniformlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down14·3 months agoBut my system is not compromised?
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoHow do you know?
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniformlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·3 months agoBecause I check my system and I don’t even use Signal?
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·3 months ago“checking” does not prevent anything bad from happening. and if that file were read by a malicious actor, it would likely be immediate and you’d never even notice.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniformlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·3 months agoDid you see that I said “I don’t use Signal”?
But my system is not compromised?
Did you read the article?
How do you know?
Because I check my system and I don’t even use Signal?
“checking” does not prevent anything bad from happening. and if that file were read by a malicious actor, it would likely be immediate and you’d never even notice.
Did you see that I said “I don’t use Signal”?