6/18/2023 0 Comments Retroshare pluginsThis is amplified when using an application which has not undergone the same rigorous testing of time and usage that more popular (yet less “privacy conscious”) applications have. While the advocacy of privacy based communication is something we love to see reach a mainstream audience, we believe the scorecard misses many considerations and metrics that are critical to the discussion.Īs is commonly understood by those in the security community it’s a very hard problem to quantify, and it’s important to consider how the more functionality an application has, the higher degree of risk it poses due to an increase in attack surface. This type of score card drastically simplifies the problem domain, and leads one to question what the tradeoffs are when installing an application from the list. One particularly interesting website is the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) secure messaging scorecard, which aims to assist users in choosing “Which apps and tools actually keep your messages safe”. It’s not uncommon to find news articles written almost weekly on user privacy concerns and what the more tech savvy can do to limit their exposure to interception and monitoring from external parties. In recent years, the importance of using secure private messaging applications for communication has come to the forefront of public attention.
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