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This is why there is a fingerprint ("Safety Numbers" in Signal), and a warning on every message when that fingerprint changes.

• codedokode 10y ago
  Warning still does not fully prevent the attack. The attacker can still access the account and obtain the data stored at a server (like contact list if it is stored there).
  • majewsky 10y ago
    > like contact list if it is stored there The only thing that we know they store is the creation timestamp and last-seen timestamp for each account: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/fbi-demands-signal-user-data-but-theres-not-much-to-hand-over/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/fbi-demands-signa... Reading over the article again, though, it neither confirms nor denies where these timestamps are the only thing stored about an account. They explain these are the only data matching the concrete subpoena they received.
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• lawnchair_larry 10y ago
  Which everyone, including myself, clicks through.