SLCW on Nostr: Tox is not recommended. It was audited back in 2017 and critical flaws were found in ...
Tox is not recommended. It was audited back in 2017 and critical flaws were found in its encryption implementation. Literally nothing has been done to fix those problems in the past 7 years. Tox is a perfect example of the dangers of "roll your own encryption".
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2024-09-08 04:56:09Event JSON
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