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Signal is secure, as proven by hackers (www.kaspersky.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by SteveKLord@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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Users of the Signal messaging app got hit by a hacker attack. We analyze what happened and why the attack demonstrates that Signal is reliable.

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[–] Sandra@idiomdrottning.org 2 points 2 years ago

For the purposes of security and encryption, you're right, and that's not why it looked bad.

For someone coming from open protocols like email, XMPP, atom, and Fedi, it was not a good first impression to see their system grown ever more owned-by-them.