Comment on How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes

• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Copies of messages are also known as archives.

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  • tehsYs@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Signal does not archive messages on server side

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They weren’t talk about the server:

      This app…works in almost exactly the same way as Signal, except that it also archives copies of all the messages passing through it, shattering all of its security guarantees.

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      • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Later in the article, it talks specifically about the server-side archives being stored in plain text. That’s why the hacker was able to access messages. This isn’t about the local copies on phones.

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      • OmegaSunkey@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It’s why Molly has local database encryption.

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      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The only backup option I see for Signal is through Android, but it’s optional. There is no backup support for iOS or desktop.

        …signal.org/…/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Mes…

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