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How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

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How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago

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The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month. The hacker says they got in thanks to a basic misconfiguration.

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The only backup option I see for Signal is through Android, but it’s optional. There is no backup support for iOS or desktop.

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Messages

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