Nemeski@lemm.ee to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 6 months agoSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintextstackdiary.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down10cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlfoss@beehaw.org
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintextstackdiary.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlfoss@beehaw.org
minus-squarebrakebreaker101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThis is a big difference between privacy and security.
minus-squareTramort@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoAgreed But you can’t have privacy without security, and any privacy brand must have security in their bones.
minus-squareclaudiop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoYou 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.
This is a big difference between privacy and security.
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.