@aa1@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintextstackdiary.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.orgprivacyguides@lemmy.oneprivacy@lemmy.ca
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSignal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintextstackdiary.com@aa1@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square1fedilinkcross-posted to: cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldfoss@beehaw.orgprivacyguides@lemmy.oneprivacy@lemmy.ca
minus-square@OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months ago At-rest encryption is not something that Signal Desktop is currently trying to provide or has ever claimed to provide. Full-disk encryption can be enabled at the OS level on most desktop platforms.