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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext (stackdiary.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Recant@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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As mentioned in the comments, plain text keys aren't bad because they are necessary. You have to have at least one plain text key in order to be able to use encryption

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

After your edit, the post points to an image only, no longer the link to the source. Please edit back the link, if not at least into the body.

[–] remington@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago

Probably this: https://stackdiary.com/signal-under-fire-for-storing-encryption-keys-in-plaintext/

[–] Recant@beehaw.org 5 points 4 months ago

Fixed it! Thank you.