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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext (stackdiary.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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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[-] scott@lem.free.as 1 points 5 months ago

One would hope the backup is encrypted.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It is. A password is generated that you have to write down. It must've been a compromise because they knew most people would just pick a shitty password if they didn't generate one and it would end up on a piece of paper or in some digital form anyway.

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