Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu...
by codedokode on Friday November 04, 2022 @05:21AM
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> what's the threat model here?
By installing signal-desktop you give Signal not only access to your messages (which is fine), but root access to the whole system which allows reading and modifying any file. Even if Signal doesn't have malicious intents, they might have vulnerabilities in their installation or configuration scripts.
By installing signal-desktop you give Signal not only access to your messages (which is fine), but root access to the whole system which allows reading and modifying any file. Even if Signal doesn't have malicious intents, they might have vulnerabilities in their installation or configuration scripts.