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minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s open source. Look can up the encryption yourself.
minus-squareVarcour@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoNo need, all you have to do is read the whitepaper. they home brewed the encryption algorithm and nobody actually knows if it’s worth a damn. That’s not exactly a secret.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months ago nobody actually knows if it’s worth a damn. After all these years, security researchers still don’t know if the encryption is any good?
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAnd it isn’t even encrypted by default, you manually have to enable that. By default, all your plain text messages are stored on their servers.
minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThey don’t have reproducible builds afaik (unlike Signal). You can have a completely different code running on your phone than on GitHub. Besides, who is using Secret Chat anyways? All default chats and group chats are unencrypted.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months ago You can have a completely different code running on your phone than on GitHub. Just use the F-Droid version if there is any doubt. Besides, who is using Secret Chat anyways? Probably Russians who used Signal before.
minus-squaredoodledup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThe F-droid version is also not reproducible. The binary you install has a different hash than the one you build from the GitHub.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoCan it be proven that that encryption is what’s used in practice?
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoJust use the F-Droid version if there is any doubt.
It’s open source. Look can up the encryption yourself.
No need, all you have to do is read the whitepaper. they home brewed the encryption algorithm and nobody actually knows if it’s worth a damn. That’s not exactly a secret.
After all these years, security researchers still don’t know if the encryption is any good?
And it isn’t even encrypted by default, you manually have to enable that. By default, all your plain text messages are stored on their servers.
They don’t have reproducible builds afaik (unlike Signal). You can have a completely different code running on your phone than on GitHub.
Besides, who is using Secret Chat anyways? All default chats and group chats are unencrypted.
Just use the F-Droid version if there is any doubt.
Probably Russians who used Signal before.
The F-droid version is also not reproducible. The binary you install has a different hash than the one you build from the GitHub.
Can it be proven that that encryption is what’s used in practice?
Just use the F-Droid version if there is any doubt.