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A comment on Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life. Parent comment

Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by tekknik on Friday August 06, 2021 @12:07AM (#28083231)
Tap the user, then the name at the top, then “View Safety Number”. I’m not sure if there’s another warning less buried.
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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by Andrew_nenakhov on Friday August 06, 2021 @12:59AM (#28083475)
That's the point, see my other comment [1]. User has to know about it to activate manual verification, and by default he just has to trust Signal's CA that his contact is, indeed, the one he is talking to.

[1]:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28081152

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