@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
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minus-square@RealFknNito@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 months agoPlaintext should never be used in any application that deals with security, ever.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-210 months agoIt doesn’t use plain text. It is end to end encrypted but that isn’t what this “issue” is
minus-squareEager EaglelinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 months agounless you’re reading ciphertext yourself, this doesn’t make sense
Plaintext should never be used in any application that deals with security, ever.
It doesn’t use plain text. It is end to end encrypted but that isn’t what this “issue” is
Oh no, tell that to SSH.
unless you’re reading ciphertext yourself, this doesn’t make sense