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   Yrjänä Rankka 🌻 (ghard@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 17:53:55 JST Yrjänä Rankka 🌻

   • pettter
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   @cmiles74 @pettter @HauntedOwlbear @signalapp Risking stating the obvious here: Turning Signal into a full-on vuln scanner would definitely not be within their scope. If your OS - or any components handling I/O to-from the app - you use, it’s game over. Users should be made aware of the importance of general hygiene that messaging apps do not replace.

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 17:53:54 JST pettter

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     @ghard There are grades between "full-on vuln scanner" and "completely agnostic" especially while being heavily marketed towards dissidents. @cmiles74 @HauntedOwlbear @signalapp

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 17:57:59 JST pettter

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     @ghard "Stories" and cryptocurrency wallets, apparently. @cmiles74 @HauntedOwlbear @signalapp

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     Yrjänä Rankka 🌻 (ghard@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 17:58:00 JST Yrjänä Rankka 🌻

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     • pettter
     • 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat
     • Signal

     @pettter @cmiles74 @HauntedOwlbear @signalapp Indeed, but I’m afraid this becomes a slippery slope. Next thing you know you’re checking for any ”accessibility” components, or screen capture packages that have access to the framebuffer. Now what would you as a dev manager rather allocate limited developer resources for?