Nemeski@lemm.ee to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · vor 2 JahrenSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintextstackdiary.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down13cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.orgprivacy@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1210arrow-down1external-linkSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintextstackdiary.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · vor 2 Jahrenmessage-square45linkfedilinkcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.orgprivacy@lemmy.ca
minus-squareTramort@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·vor 2 JahrenAgreed But you can’t have privacy without security, and any privacy brand must have security in their bones.
minus-squareclaudiop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·vor 2 JahrenYou can’t encrypt anything without a key. This is the key. If it wasn’t in plaintext then it would be encrypted. Then you’d need a key for that. Where do you put it? Phone OSs have mechanisms to solve this. Desktop ones do not.
Agreed
But you can’t have privacy without security, and any privacy brand must have security in their bones.
You can’t encrypt anything without a key. This is the key. If it wasn’t in plaintext then it would be encrypted. Then you’d need a key for that. Where do you put it?
Phone OSs have mechanisms to solve this. Desktop ones do not.