chobeat@lemmy.ml to Technology@beehaw.org · 4 days agoPeriod tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authoritieswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarerenard_roux@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoThat requires that you trust the app vendor not to have some sort of back door, no?
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoNot necessarily. If you trust the code running on your device then there is no backdoor they could install on a server that would break e2ee. They would have to backdoor the client where the keys are.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoTrue, unless it’s open source and maybe self hosted
That requires that you trust the app vendor not to have some sort of back door, no?
Not necessarily. If you trust the code running on your device then there is no backdoor they could install on a server that would break e2ee. They would have to backdoor the client where the keys are.
True, unless it’s open source and maybe self hosted