hardwarescope

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   by hardwarescope 8y ago

   That doesn't solve the case for when you get a new device or reinstall the app. Any keys you had are lost.
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   by hardwarescope 8y ago

   As a consequence of this choice, they store all of your unencrypted contacts (or unencrypted Wire contacts) on their servers. I don't think that's "additional privacy," compared to what Signal stores (nothing, it appears
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   by hardwarescope 8y ago

   If I remember correctly, as a consequence, they store all of your unencrypted contacts on their server, or at least all of your unencrypted Wire contacts on their server. Unlike Signal, which stores nothing about you other than the date you
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   by hardwarescope 8y ago

   I think this issue is more complicated than people realize. There are really only three options here: 1. Use the device's address book (phone numbers). 2. Use Facebook Connect (FB id). 3. Store the entire social graph on the server (cu
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   by hardwarescope 9y ago

   > They assume that no side channel attacks will be mounted to determine the processes that occur in side the chip. They do? 2/3rds of this blog post are about side channel attacks. The majority of the technical aspects of the articl