[…] it uses the X25519 public key… as a symmetric key, for AES-GCM.
[…] anyone that knows the public key can decrypt it.
Ouch.
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[…] it uses the X25519 public key… as a symmetric key, for AES-GCM.
[…] anyone that knows the public key can decrypt it.
Ouch.
In Germany, they tried a similar thing two years ago, blocking only the de.
subdomain.
Within less than 24 hours, xhamster changed the subdomain to deu.
.
https://netzpolitik.org/2022/netzsperre-fuer-pornoseite-xhamster-fuehrt-medienaufsicht-vor/
I’m still waiting for the day that I can make a full backup of my chats and save it on an external hard drive so that I won’t lose all of my message history when I lose my phone.