Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext - eviltoast
Popular encrypted messaging app Signal is facing criticism over a security issue in its desktop application. Researchers and app users are raising

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

  • eveninghere@beehaw.org
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    4 months ago

    by any process on the system

    This IS bad. Btw they can ask the user to type the password rather than saving it in a plaintext. I can’t believe comments on this thread defend Signal…

    • Recant@beehaw.orgOP
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      4 months ago

      But can you trust that a user will pick a difficult to break password? They likely will pick something simple to remember but that is not a good password.

      The we are just back to essentially having a plaintext password because if the attacker has a good dictionary, it will be easy to crack.

      • eveninghere@beehaw.org
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        4 months ago

        I can agree, but I MYSELF will pick a strong PW. So they better just fucking encrypt the thing, fucking please for the love of god.