Mastodawn

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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ferricoxide

@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??