ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop appstackdiary.comexternal-linkmessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down130cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.org
arrow-up1482arrow-down1external-linkSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop appstackdiary.comForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square258fedilinkcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.org
minus-squareexplore_broaden@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIf you have root you could just update the kernel to one that lets you do whatever you want on the system, so there’s no way to stop the attacker from viewing the passwords if the app is capable of displaying them.
Unless you have root
If you have root you could just update the kernel to one that lets you do whatever you want on the system, so there’s no way to stop the attacker from viewing the passwords if the app is capable of displaying them.