WeChat modified TLS encryption protocol exposes users to security risks (www.techspot.com)

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A recent investigation by the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab has uncovered potential security weaknesses in WeChat's custom encryption protocol. These weaknesses arise because the developers of WeChat, which boasts over a billion monthly active users, have modified the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 protocol, creating a version called MMTLS.

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[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

WeChat's software has security issues? Color me shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
Well, not that shocked.

Also:

WeChat's custom encryption protocol

Don't do that

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

I thought we all agreed that WeChat is a security vulnerabilliy

[-] August27th@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago

the developers of WeChat [...] have modified the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 protocol, creating a version called MMTLS.

Man in the Middle TLS

[-] praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

I am more surprised that they use an encryption.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Next you're going to tell me that ROT13 is a problem?

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Don't roll your own crypto.

this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2024

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