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1. Yrjänä Rankka 🌻 (ghard@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 10:40:32 UTC Yrjänä Rankka 🌻

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   @cmiles74 @pettter @HauntedOwlbear @signalapp Risking stating the obvious here: Turning Signal into a full-on vuln scanner would definitely not be within their scope. If your OS - or any components handling I/O to-from the app - you use, it’s game over. Users should be made aware of the importance of general hygiene that messaging apps do not replace.

   • pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 10:40:27 UTC pettter

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     @ghard "Stories" and cryptocurrency wallets, apparently. @cmiles74 @HauntedOwlbear @signalapp

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   • Yrjänä Rankka 🌻 (ghard@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 10:40:30 UTC Yrjänä Rankka 🌻

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     @pettter @cmiles74 @HauntedOwlbear @signalapp Indeed, but I’m afraid this becomes a slippery slope. Next thing you know you’re checking for any ”accessibility” components, or screen capture packages that have access to the framebuffer. Now what would you as a dev manager rather allocate limited developer resources for?

   • pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 10:40:32 UTC pettter

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     @ghard There are grades between "full-on vuln scanner" and "completely agnostic" especially while being heavily marketed towards dissidents. @cmiles74 @HauntedOwlbear @signalapp

   • Yrjänä Rankka 🌻 (ghard@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 10:40:50 UTC Yrjänä Rankka 🌻

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     @pettter @cmiles74 @HauntedOwlbear @signalapp "Stories" and cryptocurrency wallets, apparently” <- shots fired 😀 and I agree!

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   • Yrjänä Rankka 🌻 (ghard@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 10:40:54 UTC Yrjänä Rankka 🌻

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     @pettter @cmiles74 @HauntedOwlbear @signalapp Maybe Signal could be more proactive with communicating the risks to their users - even adding some warnings in the onboarding process in locales with agencies that are likely to exercise privacy-intrusive practices. That would be pretty much the whole world though :thaenkin:

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