Greetings!

A friend of mine wants to be more secure and private in light of recent events in the USA.

They originally told me they were going to use telegram, in which I explained how Telegram is considered compromised, and Signal is far more secure to use.

But they want more detailed explanations then what I provided verbally. Please help me explain things better to them! ✨

I am going to forward this thread to them, so they can see all your responses! And if you can, please cite!

Thank you! ✨

  • Valmond@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Just so you know, “keys” are used for a number of purposes in Signal (and for software applications in general) and not all of those purposes involve encryption. Many keys are used for verification/authentication.

    And it’s I who should take a course in encryption and cybersecurity.

    ROFL

    Good to see you have your study material at hand though, and yes cryptography is complicated but you’ll get the hang of it eventually.