A recent investigation by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab has uncovered potential security weaknesses in WeChat’s custom encryption protocol. These weaknesses arise because the developers of WeChat, which boasts over a billion monthly active users, have modified the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 protocol, creating a version called MMTLS.

  • @[email protected]
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    62 hours ago

    the developers of WeChat […] have modified the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 protocol, creating a version called MMTLS.

    Man in the Middle TLS

  • sylver_dragon
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    217 hours ago

    WeChat’s software has security issues? Color me shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
    Well, not that shocked.

    Also:

    WeChat’s custom encryption protocol

    Don’t do that