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Testing a new encrypted messaging app's extraordinary claims (crnkovic.dev)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the timeline at the bottom it says:

2023-05-05: Converso asks: 'How were you able to decompile the source code of the app and what do you think should be done to protect against that in the future?'

So I think some of the devs were in way over their heads too!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The fundamental problem with cryptography is that it's significantly harder to create a system that others can't crack than to create a system that you yourself can't crack.