Greetings!

A friend of mine wants to be more secure and private in light of recent events in the USA.

They originally told me they were going to use telegram, in which I explained how Telegram is considered compromised, and Signal is far more secure to use.

But they want more detailed explanations then what I provided verbally. Please help me explain things better to them! ✨

I am going to forward this thread to them, so they can see all your responses! And if you can, please cite!

Thank you! ✨

  • Valmond@lemmy.world
    11·
    11 hours ago

    Just so you know, “keys” are used for a number of purposes in Signal (and for software applications in general) and not all of those purposes involve encryption. Many keys are used for verification/authentication.

    And it’s I who should take a course in encryption and cybersecurity.

    ROFL

    Good to see you have your study material at hand though, and yes cryptography is complicated but you’ll get the hang of it eventually.

    • hedgehog@ttrpg.network
      1·
      5 hours ago

      And it’s I who should take a course in encryption and cybersecurity.

      Yes. I was trying to be nice, but you’re clearly completely ignorant and misinformed when it comes to information security. Given that you self described as a “cryptography nerd,” it’s honestly embarrassing.

      But since you’ve doubled down on being rude, just because I pointed out that you don’t know what you’re talking about, it’s unlikely you’ll ever learn enough about the topic to have a productive conversation, anyway.

      Have fun protecting your ignorance.