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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)
submitted 1 month ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/privacy@europe.pub
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/31946686

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[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Color me shocked.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"end to end" encrypted

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No different than any other E2E where you don't hold the key - for that to work, the service has to have the keys.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 1 points 1 month ago

It isn't E2EE if the server holds the keys