alt Hacker NewsProbably stupid question: why won't they e2e-encrypt push notifications too? The vector is obvious and has been open since forever.
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tbrownaw • today at 1:48 PM
The "e" in e2e encryption is a computing device, not the device's user's brain.
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Signal does not send any sensitive information in push notifications sent via APNs [0]. This story concerns the local OS cache of push notifications, which are triggered after E2E decryption has occurred.
[0] https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/111563865413484025