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

submitted 2 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

The alternative is safeStorage, which uses the operating system's credential management facility if available. On Mac OS and sometimes Linux, this means another process running in the user's account is prevented from accessing it. Windows doesn't have a protection against that, but all three systems do protect the credentials if someone copies data offline.

Signal should change this, but it isn't a major security flaw. If an attacker can copy your home directory or run arbitrary code on your device, you're already in big trouble.