@ForgottenFlux to [email protected]English • 6 months agoSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop appstackdiary.comexternal-linkmessage-square250arrow-up1505arrow-down132cross-posted to: [email protected]privacytechnology[email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-3•6 months agoBecause I check my system and I don’t even use Signal?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months ago“checking” does not prevent anything bad from happening. and if that file were read by a malicious actor, it would likely be immediate and you’d never even notice.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-3•6 months agoDid you see that I said “I don’t use Signal”?
But my system is not compromised?
Did you read the article?
How do you know?
Because I check my system and I don’t even use Signal?
“checking” does not prevent anything bad from happening. and if that file were read by a malicious actor, it would likely be immediate and you’d never even notice.
Did you see that I said “I don’t use Signal”?