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ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months ago

Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app

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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app

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ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months ago
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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext
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Popular encrypted messaging app Signal is facing criticism over a security issue in its desktop application. Researchers and app users are raising
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    Signal has so many red flags that I’m beginning to wonder if it is a honeypot.

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      11 months ago

      Got some sources for that, chief?

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      11 months ago

      What other red flags do you have in mind?

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        Signal is actively hostile to alternative clients, or decoupling from Google.

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        Back when the Signal org used to be called Open Whisper Systems it received grants and auditing from the Open Technology Fund which, at the time, was still a part of Radio Free Asia.

        https://web.archive.org/web/20150521181458/https://www.opentechfund.org/project/open-whisper-systems

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          So tldr, since you didn’t finish your thought, is that they got a grant like 3+ layers down, from the US government.

          I have some news for you, or perhaps I can offer you a bridge.

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            People are free to draw their own conclusions from it. Do you have anything material to contribute, or will you just be putting more smarmy words in my mouth from here on out?

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              Attack the argument, not the person.

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              You didn’t explain the implications of what radio free Asia is, I did. I don’t know what words I’m putting in your mouth.

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