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Re:Looking back at how Signal works by Paul-ish on Friday June 05, 2020 @10:59PM (#23436430)
It isn't clear if graceful degradation is possible in a security app.
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Re:Looking back at how Signal works by X6S1x6Okd1st on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:43AM (#23436889)
There have been tons of problems with that concept and TLS
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Re:Looking back at how Signal works by ComputerGuru on Friday June 05, 2020 @11:59PM (#23436713)
Cases where a client is completely broken are never the problem: users will be forced to switch to a different client. It sucks, but it's no worse than the current state of affairs. A security-mandated change in protocol/behavior would fairly fall under that category.
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