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#Signalgate 2.0 proves it - there’s no such thing as a “Backdoor for the Good Guys Only” (mastodon.thenewoil.org)

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#Signalgate 2.0 proves it - there’s no such thing as a “Backdoor for the Good Guys Only”

https://tuta.com/blog/opinion-signalgate

#cybersecurity #encryption

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[–] 4am@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

While I agree that the author’s invoking of this particular incident in which TeleMessage created an insecure side channel for message transmission and storage which undermined Signal’s E2EE security doesn’t really provide proof to their claim, they’re not wrong about a master-key encryption system being an absolutely horrific idea.