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

submitted 4 months ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 months ago

Don't the keys have to be in plaintext at some point so they can be used

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah but they don't have to be visible to every process the user runs, my Minecraft mods really don't need access to my encryption keys

[-] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

They could at least allow for setting paaword. Then your keys are encrypted with that password

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