Re:Keybase is not softer than TOFU
by idlewords on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @01:32PM
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This is a very underrated point.
It also means that an adversary can't go in long after the fact and dig up a message history from a server god knows where.
A lot of the eavesdropping scenarios concocted around key change in particular are fanciful. Practically speaking, end-to-end encrypted chat is often replacing email, not trying to protect secret agents hiding from the Reptilian Council.
It also means that an adversary can't go in long after the fact and dig up a message history from a server god knows where.
A lot of the eavesdropping scenarios concocted around key change in particular are fanciful. Practically speaking, end-to-end encrypted chat is often replacing email, not trying to protect secret agents hiding from the Reptilian Council.