Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app
Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app
Popular encrypted messaging app Signal is facing criticism over a security issue in its desktop application. Researchers and app users are raising
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Signal has so many red flags that I'm beginning to wonder if it is a honeypot.
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What other red flags do you have in mind?
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Signal is actively hostile to alternative clients, or decoupling from Google.
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Back when the Signal org used to be called Open Whisper Systems it received grants and auditing from the Open Technology Fund which, at the time, was still a part of Radio Free Asia.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150521181458/https://www.opentechfund.org/project/open-whisper-systems
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So tldr, since you didn't finish your thought, is that they got a grant like 3+ layers down, from the US government.
I have some news for you, or perhaps I can offer you a bridge.
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People are free to draw their own conclusions from it. Do you have anything material to contribute, or will you just be putting more smarmy words in my mouth from here on out?
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You didn't explain the implications of what radio free Asia is, I did. I don't know what words I'm putting in your mouth.
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Attack the argument, not the person.
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Got some sources for that, chief?
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