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Title: Mac-specific vulnerability discovered with Signal’s self-destructing messages
Post by: HCK on May 13, 2018, 04:05:21 pm
Mac-specific vulnerability discovered with Signal’s self-destructing messages

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/signal-desktop-mac.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1000)</div><p>A Mac-specific vulnerability has been discovered in the secure messaging app <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/signal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Signal[/url].</p>
<p>Signal allows you the option of sending ‘disappearing’ messages which are automatically purged from the app after a preset time. This feature is often used for passing on the most sensitive information, to ensure there is no permanent record afterwards. But a security researcher has discovered a serious failing specific to the Mac app …</p>
<p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/05/10/signal-recover-disappearing-messages/#more-532625" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p><div class="feedflare">
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