Science, Technology, and pawbs
Well, this has certainly caused quite a bit of drama from all sides.
I'm curious about the earlier audit of libolm which happened many years back (and by a reputable company), it feels like it should've found any potentially exploitable issues after all - including timing attacks.
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.
signal no longer requires phone numbers as they have implemented a username system
I figured, but my question is: Why did it take them so long, especially for something that prides itself on privacy?
Wow.
Even more shocking was the absolutely toxic reaction you got from sycophants.
I love seeing your blogposts about cybersecurity; and I absolutely do appreciate that your blog isn't just about cybersecurity.