ForgottenFluxtoPrivacy@lemmy.mlEnglish·3 months agocross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.orgprivacyguides@lemmy.oneSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app(stackdiary.com)external-linkarrow-up1512arrow-down130message-square258fedilink
arrow-up1482arrow-down1external-linkSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app(stackdiary.com)ForgottenFluxtoPrivacy@lemmy.mlEnglish·3 months agocross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.orgprivacyguides@lemmy.onemessage-square258fedilink
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniformarrow-up2arrow-down14·3 months agolinkfedilinkBut my system is not compromised?
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniformarrow-up2arrow-down5·3 months agolinkfedilinkBecause I check my system and I don’t even use Signal?
minus-squarerefaloarrow-up5arrow-down2·3 months agolinkfedilink“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-squareGolfNovemberUniformarrow-up2arrow-down5·3 months agolinkfedilinkDid 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”?