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		tekknik on Aug 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption... Tap the user, then the name at the top, then “View Safety Number”. I’m not sure if there’s another warning less buried.

Andrew_nenakhov on Aug 6, 2021 [–]

That's the point, see my other comment [1]. User has to know about it to activate manual verification, and by default he just has to trust Signal's CA that his contact is, indeed, the one he is talking to.

[1]:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28081152

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