@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-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish0•10 months agoWhy is this a shock? Someone would need to have already compromised your device. Even if it was encrypted with a password they still could install a key logger
minus-square@mtchristo@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•10 months agoIt is easier to compromise a device than to try and compromise encrypted communications.
Why is this a shock? Someone would need to have already compromised your device. Even if it was encrypted with a password they still could install a key logger
It is easier to compromise a device than to try and compromise encrypted communications.