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except even those messages can become public, if one party makes them so, so even "secure" messaging should be considered compromised.
by jerrysievert 8y ago
except even those messages can become public, if one party makes them so, so even "secure" messaging should be considered compromised.
- eseehausen 8y agoThat and most users aren't auditing each new version of the apps to make sure they're still doing what they say they're doing to protect data.
- cortesoft 8y agoSo at that point, you are basically saying "assume all communications over any medium is public", because this would apply to every form of communication.
- kvakil 8y agoModern secure messaging systems are typically OTR and have deniability: after the session ends, anybody can forge messages to make it look like they came from you. Sure the messages can become public, but they're no more "proof" than someone saying "X said Y".
- CodeMage 8y agoDeniability is not the same as privacy and can't be used to replace it.