Popular encrypted messaging app Signal is facing criticism over a security issue in its desktop application. Researchers and app users are raising

As mentioned in the comments, plain text keys aren’t bad because they are necessary. You have to have at least one plain text key in order to be able to use encryption

  • limitedduck@awful.systems
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    4 months ago

    Sorry, I don’t think I understand what you’re suggesting. Are you saying encryption keys should themselves be encrypted?

    FYI this story isn’t about plaintext passwords, it’s about plaintext encryption keys to chat history.