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TheOne@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Should we chat, too? Security analysis of WeChat’s MMTLS encryption protocol.

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Should we chat, too? Security analysis of WeChat’s MMTLS encryption protocol.

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TheOne@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Should We Chat, Too? Security Analysis of WeChat’s MMTLS Encryption Protocol - The Citizen Lab
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This report performs the first public analysis of MMTLS, the main network protocol used by WeChat, an app with over one billion users. The report finds that MMTLS is a modified version of TLS, however some of the modifications have introduced cryptographic weaknesses.

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    I like how it almost has MITM built into the name

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    There is no way wechat will have anything even remotely secure

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