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Signal is secure, as proven by hackers (www.kaspersky.com)
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Users of the Signal messaging app got hit by a hacker attack. We analyze what happened and why the attack demonstrates that Signal is reliable.

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[–] bkrl@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The code is open. You can check your own doubts.

[–] jonesv@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Not my point. Their webpage says that others (Signal included) are not protected against MITM (in the case of Signal, there is a note saying "if the server is compromised"). Which is plain wrong.

[–] bkrl@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you aware that, just to start somewhere, Signal asks (and needs) your phone number to make the service work? If you write "go to hell" to a person and two minutes later you regret it that person can accuse you with absolutely legal evidence in his or her favor. Is everything normal?

[–] jonesv@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

First, that's completely unrelated to the very concept of MITM. Second, it also shows that you have no clue about how such protocols work (in Signal, in SimpleX, or anywhere else). I really don't understand why people who are really into secure messengers often don't really care about how they actually work... I mean it is damn interesting!