ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to PrivacyEnglish · 2 months agoSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop appstackdiary.comexternal-linkmessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down130cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.orgprivacyguides@lemmy.oneprivacy@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareGolfNovemberUniformlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·2 months agoBecause I check my system and I don’t even use Signal?
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 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-down5·2 months agoDid you see that I said “I don’t use Signal”?
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”?