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If you rely on disappearing messages to keep your conversations private, you need Perfect Forward Secrecy
If you keep your chat history there is no point in having PFS because if they compromise your device to get the key to decrypt your messages they captured, they'll just see your entire chat history is *right there* so why do they need your key?
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2025-01-15 06:14:16Event JSON
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