@ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agoSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop appstackdiary.comexternal-linkmessage-square241fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: foss@beehaw.orgprivacyguides@lemmy.oneprivacy@lemmy.ca
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop appstackdiary.com@ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square241fedilinkcross-posted to: foss@beehaw.orgprivacyguides@lemmy.oneprivacy@lemmy.ca
minus-square@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilink0•10 months agoBut my system is not compromised?
minus-square@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilink0•10 months agoBecause I check my system and I don’t even use Signal?
minus-square@refalo@programming.devlinkfedilink0•10 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-square@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilink0•10 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”?