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  • cubism_pitta@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•ICEBlock - See Something, Tap SomethingEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I have been on the other side of the equation professionally speaking.

    I think we mostly agree.

    The auditors were certainly not malicious, they can simply only see what they can observe.

    Appealing to authority without explaining the caveats is risky to do and disingenuous to people who need to take security very seriously right now.

    A potential vector or matter of concern does not mean there is a compromise. Without evidence of a hack or compromise you just have the idea that something could happen.

    The app model in general has meant that we have given up tremendous amounts of privacy and security in general for the sake of connivence.

    If I were the developer of this app I would’ve approached things from the inception with the question of “How do I get people to trust me who absolutely should not trust me?”

    That said, it is always easier to tear down than it is to build.

    If I were an at risk individual I would likely opt to use the app myself assuming I could share general location instead of specific location. In areas like LA there is likely a lot of data flowing in that would not help a malicious actor if the location is not specific.

  • cubism_pitta@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•ICEBlock - See Something, Tap SomethingEnglish
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    2 months ago

    When you do business with companies in certain industries not only is your software audited but your entire development process, business processes and staff are audited.

    It’s not unreasonable to question a closed source application for something like this as one version was audited, but what about the next?

    How do we know their dev process hasn’t been compromised? Or the person building app wasn’t compromised? Or that the entire thing was not compromised from the start?

    Likewise, an audit without full access to code isn’t useless, but hiding behavior from an audit and for a certain period of time would be straight forward. How do you know there is not a dormant command and control system in the app that will cause it to behave in a malicious manner after a set amount of time or after a specific push notification is received?

    I am not saying this is present, just that Audits like this are only able to catch what they can observe and the existence of an audit does not mean to blindly trust something

    Having the App be open source would be a big step towards providing the transparency needed to address these concerns users would not have to trust anyone and can confirm the builds on the app stores match what is on their Git.

    I am not pointing this out to jump on the “Don’t use this app” bandwagon. I am pointing it out to say that there are reasons to be skeptical of these sorts of things in our current political climate.

    Remember Sabu and LulzSec

  • cubism_pitta@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•I want to know!English
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    2 months ago

    All a matter of preference.

    I would say the most important thing to do is to pick a switch you think would be fun and then just pick the coolest looking keyboard that matches it.

    The Keychron keyboards are a great starting point; They are pretty cheap so if you are unsure you won’t be too upset if you want to later try a bigger or smaller layout.

    I can’t tell you my favorite layout unfortunately, I like 40%, 60%, full keyboards and even have a Kinesis (It helped me a lot with hand pain when I typed QWERTY. I recommend switching to DVORAK or another layout before spending so much money on a Kinesis these days)