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Signal president warns AI agents are making encryption irrelevant (cyberinsider.com)
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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What's wrong with their desktop application? I remember using it 5 to 7 years ago and it seemed fine. I just found out to be weird to keep my text messages on a computer that anybody can see that might use my computer so I quit using the desktop version.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    The desktop application is just a temporary web session in a box. You cant recover your account from it, so if you lose your phone, you will eventually lose access to your account and messages.

    on a computer that anybody can see that might use my computer

    Why dont you have access restrictions on your computer? Literally any operating system allows you to just set a password...

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    My laptop is encrypted but once it's open I turn the password off because I just get tired of typing the password every time I sit down. I'm not too worried about people in my house digging into my laptop. Text messages OTOH, is a whole other level.

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