Mysk🇨🇦🇩🇪 on Nostr: The Platformer's recent article about Twitter claims that Twitter's encrypted DMs are ...
The Platformer's recent article about Twitter claims that Twitter's encrypted DMs are not end-to-end encrypted:
"These messages are not encrypted end to end, making them vulnerable to so-called man-in-the-middle attacks."
This is wrong. Twitter's encrypted DMs truly are end-to-end encrypted. That is, no one other than the sender and recipient can decrypt the messages. However, Twitter does not provide a mechanism for users to verify the public key of other contacts. And this makes the design vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
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#Privacy #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #Twitter #Security #E2EE
"These messages are not encrypted end to end, making them vulnerable to so-called man-in-the-middle attacks."
This is wrong. Twitter's encrypted DMs truly are end-to-end encrypted. That is, no one other than the sender and recipient can decrypt the messages. However, Twitter does not provide a mechanism for users to verify the public key of other contacts. And this makes the design vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.
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npub1a24yv8l7pg7q5up74cx9snhfer2thawlke0reu672r5hvkvne6kqnsdkqm (npub1a24…dkqm)
#Privacy #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #Twitter #Security #E2EE