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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app (stackdiary.com)

submitted 4 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] refalo@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

How do you know?

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because I check my system and I don't even use Signal?

[–] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"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.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -3 points 4 months ago

Did you see that I said "I don't use Signal"?