Signal fixes location-revealing flaw, introduces Signal PINs

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Signal has fixed a vulnerability affecting its popular eponymous secure communications app that allowed bad actors to discover and track a user’s location. The non profit organization has also announced on Tuesday a new mechanism – Signal PINs – that will, eventually, allow users not to use their phone number as their user ID. About the vulnerability The vulnerability, discovered by Tenable researcher David Wells, stems from the fact that the WebRTC fork used by … More

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