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

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] Recant@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago

Fixed it! Thank you.