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That's not a Signal weakness. That's profound user idiocy. It's very clear what the "link a device" feature is for, and obviously linking someone else's device would be very dumb.
if only there was a government agency, perhaps one tasked with national security even.. that could provide the secure devices and software needed for high-ranking government workers and others working with sensitive information.. and those workers actually used that gear and followed their training and policies.
The other glaring weakness is that if you invite Putin to your group chat, Russia gets access to all of your messages!! /s (though, I guess it's a real threat with this administration)
psst . . . starlink.
Disagree. Every chat you are in should have a visible notification about how many linked devices are copied in the chat. The app is supposed to be about security, isn't it? It's a pretty big weakness in my opinion.
That would be a helpful addition, and it sounds like it could be easily done.
It's secure messaging for the average joe. Organizations can achieve this compliance with an MDM, but I'm not asking Grandma to install my MDM on her phone to see my Wordle results. And sharing your device list (plus, you'd likely need ip location for this feature to be useful, in addition to interrogating your friends about what devices they use) with any random person you're messaging is arguably more of a security threat than the risk of some moron linking any random device that asks to be linked.
you mean show who's in the chat?
I think they mean it should remind you which other devices you have linked, so that if you're messaging on your phone you are reminded that your computer will also get a copy of the chat unless you unlink it.
oh, well if it's on the phone it shows it there. And there's only five devices allowed. Plus, if that's a concern for OpSec this should not be an option - link none.