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This is coming from Signal, who are more than qualified to do this kind of work. You shouldn't roll your own crypto. But crypto experts can do what they want.
by josephg 3y ago
This is coming from Signal, who are more than qualified to do this kind of work. You shouldn't roll your own crypto. But crypto experts can do what they want.
- inp 3y agoYes, and moreover, they just add a shared secret in the computation of the initial root key, it cannot be worse in this case.
- zx8080 3y agoWhat could go wrong
- flangola7 3y agoIs that good or bad?
- 7v3x3n3sem9vv 3y agoit's good. think of it like adding a different kind of lock that requires a different key (method) to open up first. at worst it's no less secure than before. If it works as intended it's a huge disincentive for anyone collecting encrypted data with the hopes that a quantum computer may break encryption the "old" method in the future.