Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoPoland directs officials to ditch Signal in favor of 'secure' state-developed alternativewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down12
arrow-up1233arrow-down1external-linkPoland directs officials to ditch Signal in favor of 'secure' state-developed alternativewww.theregister.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareNaich@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down2·1 month agoNot as stupid as the headline makes it sound. Signal is used in phishing attacks, whereas the home grown one is restricted to authorised users, making it more difficult.
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·1 month agoNarrator: until someone else gains access
minus-squareNaich@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoYeah, I was careful to say “more difficult”. This stops casual phishing.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 month agoSomeone doesn’t understand the first rule of How Not To Be Seen Using an app that nobody else uses provides no entropy in which to get lost https://youtube.com/watch?v=C-M2hs3sXGo
Not as stupid as the headline makes it sound. Signal is used in phishing attacks, whereas the home grown one is restricted to authorised users, making it more difficult.
Narrator: until someone else gains access
Yeah, I was careful to say “more difficult”. This stops casual phishing.
Someone doesn’t understand the first rule of How Not To Be Seen
Using an app that nobody else uses provides no entropy in which to get lost
https://youtube.com/watch?v=C-M2hs3sXGo