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chobeat ( chobeat@lemmy.ml )  to Technology · 2 years ago

Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authorities

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Period tracking app refuses to disclose data to American authorities

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chobeat ( chobeat@lemmy.ml )  to Technology · 2 years ago
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    That requires that you trust the app vendor not to have some sort of back door, no?

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      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.

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      True, unless it’s open source and maybe self hosted.

      Edit: Nevermind, I’m right, I have no confidence in my own intelligence lol. If the key is on the phone and the phone stores the encrypted data to the server, that’ll be secure

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