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minus-squareRealFknNito@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoPlaintext should never be used in any application that deals with security, ever.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agounless you’re reading ciphertext yourself, this doesn’t make sense
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 months agoIt doesn’t use plain text. It is end to end encrypted but that isn’t what this “issue” is
Plaintext should never be used in any application that deals with security, ever.
Oh no, tell that to SSH.
unless you’re reading ciphertext yourself, this doesn’t make sense
It doesn’t use plain text. It is end to end encrypted but that isn’t what this “issue” is