FYI it’s different matrix from the matrix.org
Wish OP had written that in post… I nearly got a heart attack and was wondering how TF they done that 🤣
I don’t change the headline generally, but I also didn’t catch that it wasn’t “the real” matrix.
I would love to call the headline clickbaity bs, but it’s technically accurate and somehow this makes it worse and better at the same time.
The investigation did not spotlight the similarly-named Matrix open source communication protocol.
Feel like there are going to be a lot of confused Lemmy users who won’t read more than the title.
previously cracked services such as ANOM
Shit journalist. ANOM was created by the FBI as a honeypot trap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Trojan_Shield
I wonder if this matrix app was just a honeypot that was named to trick people into thinking they were using the “real” matrix.
What is the Matrix?
Why are these apps getting hacked? Wouldn’t just RSA 2048 be enough?
Encryption is easy, key exchange is not
Encryption is really really hard, and avoiding some form of sidechannel attack is much much harder.
Sure key exchange also isn’t trivial, but I would say that key exchange is significantly easier. Care to elaborate?
Encryption is trivial. Getting a reliable keystream is not.
It all depends on the framing 😁
