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[–] Prethoryn 31 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Ah yes, another prime example that demonstrates that Lemmy is no different than Reddit. Everyone thinks they are a professional online.

Nothing sensitive should ever lack encryption especially in the hands of a third party company managing your data claiming you are safe and your privacy is protected.

No one is invincible and it's okay to criticize the apps we hold to high regards. If your are pissed people are shitting on Signal you should be pissed Signal gave people a reason to shit on them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Where are you going to store the encryption key? At the end of the day the local machine is effectively pwded anyway

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

If your device gets compromised, it's no longer the company's problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

lack encryption especially in the hands of a third party company managing your data

Are we still talking about local-only keys?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I presume keys are already sort of encrypted?

[–] hexabs 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nope. Your presumption is wrong.