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

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TheEntity@lemmy.world
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What keychain exactly?

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AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca
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On Macs, there is a ‘keychain’ where certificates and passwords are stored encrypted, and there are OS-level controls on access – either an OS prompt for a password, or biometric authentication.

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My point was that apart from the Macs, there is no single system keychain Signal could use. What they do is perfectly normal and expected on a desktop OS.

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