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Security Issues in Matrix’s Olm Library - Dhole Moments (soatok.blog)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

meanwhile, it is very unclear that any sidechannel attack on a libolm based client is practical over the network (which is why we didn’t fix this years ago).

Wow... Uh, that's certainly a thing for a developer to let slip out, huh?

One thing I don't get about Signal/Telegram/etc is that they claim to be secure and private... Yet also require you to prove your identity via a phone number? I don't really get it.

That would be a massive deal breaker to some people I want to push off Discord and is one of the reasons I haven't tried Signal yet, but have tried Matrix.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

signal no longer requires phone numbers as they have implemented a username system

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

I figured, but my question is: Why did it take them so long, especially for something that prides itself on privacy?