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

• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah I didn’t read past the misinformation

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      • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Kinda sounds like you’re the misinformation.

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      • doodledup@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Maybe you should start reading up on stuff you don’t know about before adding nonsense to internet threads.

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  • OmegaSunkey@ani.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s why Molly has local database encryption.

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    • 0xD@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That doesn’t really do anything. Attackers need local access to the device to get the database itself. Chances are, they’ll get the key right with it.

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      • HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Molly encrypts it using a passphrase instead of a locally stored key for exactly that reason.

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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