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minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·5 months agoBecause I check my system and I don’t even use Signal?
minus-squarerefalolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·5 months ago“checking” does not prevent anything bad from happening. and if that file were read by a malicious actor, it would likely be immediate and you’d never even notice.
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·5 months agoDid you see that I said “I don’t use Signal”?
How do you know?
Because I check my system and I don’t even use Signal?
“checking” does not prevent anything bad from happening. and if that file were read by a malicious actor, it would likely be immediate and you’d never even notice.
Did you see that I said “I don’t use Signal”?