Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPoland directs officials to ditch Signal in favor of 'secure' state-developed alternativewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down12
arrow-up1229arrow-down1external-linkPoland directs officials to ditch Signal in favor of 'secure' state-developed alternativewww.theregister.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareNaich@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68arrow-down1·2 days 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-up43arrow-down1·2 days agoNarrator: until someone else gains access
minus-squareNaich@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoYeah, I was careful to say “more difficult”. This stops casual phishing.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 days 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