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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext (stackdiary.com)
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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 39 points 3 months ago

At-rest encryption is not something that Signal Desktop is currently trying to provide or has ever claimed to provide. Full-disk encryption can be enabled at the OS level on most desktop platforms.