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TeleGuard is an app downloaded more a million times that markets itself as a secure way to chat. The app uploads users’ private keys to the company’s server, and makes decryption of messages trivial.

https://www.404media.co/a-secure-chat-apps-encryption-is-so-bad-it-is-meaningless/

A Secure Chat App’s Encryption Is So Bad It Is ‘Meaningless’

TeleGuard is an app downloaded more a million times that markets itself as a secure way to chat. The app uploads users’ private keys to the company’s server, and makes decryption of messages trivial.

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Apr 2 at 2:30pmBuffer
Show threadsqrt(-1)1d ago
@404mediaco
Show threadLenny1d ago
@mdkcore @404mediaco Funny. But this issue is actually older than vibe coding. Which makes it even more sad...
Show threadThomas1d ago
@404mediaco @adfichter and @nohillside came to a similar conclusion a few years ago (German): https://dnip.ch/2022/05/25/wieviel-datenschutz-steckt-in-teleguard-und-swisscows-email-drin-spoiler-nicht-viel/#Wie-verschluesselt-TeleGuard
Wieviel Datenschutz steckt in Teleguard und Swisscows-Email drin? Spoiler: Nicht viel - Das Netz ist politisch

Swisscows (Firma Hulbee AG) ist, auch wenn viele das vermutlich nicht wissen, der Anbieter einer Internet-Suchmaschine welche primär mit ihrer

Das Netz ist politisch
Show threadPatrick Seemann1d ago
@thomas @404mediaco @adfichter and we also got the same reaction from the company. None at all.
Show threadferricoxide1d ago
@404mediaco

I feel like I'm missing something. If your goal is E2EE that's hard to subvert via subpoena, why would you ever upload your private keys to a third-party??