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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 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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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months ago

Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext

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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I don’t understand how that would prove anything.
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  A lot of tracker and spyware already mention in setup. And without bypass you cannot setup without microsoft account.

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