Soatok Dreamseeker on Nostr: Let's talk about xPal, which purports to be an encrypted messaging app. Anyone that ...
Let's talk about xPal, which purports to be an encrypted messaging app.
https://xpal.comAnyone that reads my blog probably already knows where this is going.
If this post accidentally reaches escape velocity and people that don't know me find it: Hi, I'm a furry cryptography nerd. Usually when I talk about so-called private apps, it's to disclose vulnerabilities in them.
(Today, I just don't have the damn energy to do a formal write-up.)
Let's start with how they market their app.
Published at
2025-04-22 10:26:29 UTCEvent JSON
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