• potatopotato@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Intrinsically/semantically no but the expectation is that the texts are encrypted at rest and the keys are password and/or tpm+biometric protected. That’s just how this works at this point. Also that’s the government standard for literally everything from handheld devices to satellites (yes, actually).

    At this point one of the most likely threat vectors is someone just taking your shit. Things like border crossings, rubber stamped search warrants, cops raid your house because your roommate pissed them off, protests, needing to go home from work near a protest, on and on.

    • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      If your device is turned on and you are logged in, your data is no longer at rest.

      Signal data will be encrypted if your disk is also encrypted.

      If your device’s storage is not encrypted, and you don’t have any type of verified boot process, then thats on you, not Signal.