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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext (stackdiary.com)
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[–] rolling_resistance@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's right there in the article. Local keychain.

[–] TheEntity@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What keychain exactly?

[–] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TheEntity@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

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.