Post #1703983
2026-04-26 07:38 UTC
RE: https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/116464952827497758
EN: Headline: “Signal Hacked” – No. Nobody was hacked.
What really happened: Politicians clicked on a phishing link and revealed their verification code or PIN. Signal itself has not been compromised, the encryption works perfectly.
This is not a failure of the app, but a failure of basic digital skills. (...)
The scary thing is that the very people who decide on IT security, laws and surveillance do not master the basic digital rules.
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Note: The reason why they don't #LeaveX.
Replies (2)
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@toychicken@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 08:45
@leavex whilst technically correct, I'd argue that there is a burden of care required by Signal or any other app. Why is pin verification required? Is a PIN an appropriate validation method? How is it that users could think that the phishing method be easily mistaken for a genuine request? I've been a Signal user for some years, and I'm pretty digitally literature. It's not clear how PIN verification helps security, or why it is required when it's required.
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@shadowdancer@mstdn.social 2026-04-26 14:41
@leavex So, uh, the right wording would be: "Politicians Hacked". That, however, would be no news at all.