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Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama

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Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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Signal is finally tightening its desktop client's security by changing how it stores plain text encryption keys for the data store after downplaying the issue since 2018.

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It wasnt a serious security flaw, arguable not one at all. So they are perfectly justified in downplaying the hysteria.

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