works in almost exactly the same way as Signal, except that it also archives copies of all the messages passing through it, shattering all of its security guarantees.
Pretty sure Signal does that as well, which is not a security issue.
Signal uses end-to-end encryption (E2EE). The only copies of messages are on the sender’s and recipient’s devices.
Copies of messages are also known as archives.
Signal does not archive messages on server side
They weren’t talking about the server:
This app…works in almost exactly the same way as Signal, except that it also archives copies of all the messages passing through it, shattering all of its security guarantees.
Later in the article, it talks specifically about the server-side archives being stored in plain text. That’s why the hacker was able to access messages. This isn’t about the local copies on phones.
Yeah I didn’t read past the misinformation
Kinda seems like you’re the misinformation.
