Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext
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Popular encrypted messaging app Signal is facing criticism over a security issue in its desktop application. Researchers and app users are raising
  • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
    01·
    6 months ago

    Popular encrypted messaging app Signal is facing criticism over a security issue in its desktop application.

    Emphasis mine.

    • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      I think the point is the developers might have just migrated the code without adjustments since that is how it was implemented before. Similar to how PC game ports sometimes run like shit since they are a close 1-1 of the original which is not always the most optimized or ideal, but the quickest to output.