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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext (stackdiary.com)
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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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[-] sic_1@feddit.de 9 points 4 months ago

Signal seem to be the least compromising messenger app out there with their privacy policy and open source code base. It's only natural they are frequent victims of FUD.

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