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Is Signal a thing of the past yet? Do they still try to glue the word "security" and a phone number together? :-/
by IYasha 4y ago
Is Signal a thing of the past yet? Do they still try to glue the word "security" and a phone number together? :-/
- ghughes 4y agoA phone number is fine for 99% of users. They recommend that users with higher-than-average security requirements set a PIN, which removes phone number attacks from the threat model, but you're still dependent on the security of SGX. Users with extreme security requirements can set a 42 character alphanumeric PIN, thus also excluding SGX from the picture, but at that point you're getting owned no matter what you do.
- IYasha 4y agoA PIN does not detach you from your provider, country and misery of having a cell phone, let alone a chain of possible points of SMS interception.