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There was an interesting case where a bunch of Android messenger things got a WebRTC based remote code execution[1]. Signal got dinged to the extent that an att
by upofadown 4y ago
There was an interesting case where a bunch of Android messenger things got a WebRTC based remote code execution[1]. Signal got dinged to the extent that an attacker could trigger it with no action on the user's part.
The root problem here is that users want lots of features. Each added feature, particularly super complex ones like video, takes away from security. There is not point in spending a lot of time on your own code if you are going to end up invoking a whole lot of code that you can't control.
[1] https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2020/08/exploiting-android-messengers-part-3.html https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2020/08/exploiting-an...
- xvector 4y ago> The root problem here is that users want lots of features Do devs have to implement these features in shitty memory-unsafe languages?