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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days ago

An analysis of X(Twitter)'s new XChat features shows that X can probably decrypt users' messages, as it holds users' private keys on its servers

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An analysis of X(Twitter)'s new XChat features shows that X can probably decrypt users' messages, as it holds users' private keys on its servers

blog.cryptographyengineering.com

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days ago

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A bit more on Twitter/X’s new encrypted messaging

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Update 6/10: Based on a short conversation with an engineering lead at X, some of the devices used at X are claimed to be using HSMs. See more further below. Matthew Garrett has a nice post about T…

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I mean they’re encrypted in transit. They’re just not end to end encrypted.

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