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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-4•2 months agoPlaintext should never be used in any application that deals with security, ever.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 months agoIt doesn’t use plain text. It is end to end encrypted but that isn’t what this “issue” is
minus-squareEager EaglelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agounless you’re reading ciphertext yourself, this doesn’t make sense
Plaintext should never be used in any application that deals with security, ever.
Oh no, tell that to SSH.
It doesn’t use plain text. It is end to end encrypted but that isn’t what this “issue” is
unless you’re reading ciphertext yourself, this doesn’t make sense