You can use disappearing messages if you're worried about device access. Disappearing messages require ratcheting, otherwise the message history will be found on relays and decryptable. Ratcheting protects your past and future messages even if your main key is stolen by a compromised client or one-time device access.
On Signal, maybe someone who borrows your phone could link another device without you noticing? Idk. But double ratchet still protects from all the other scenarios.
Martti Malmi /
npub1g5…3drvk
2024-10-11 16:46:43
in reply to nevent1q…2w35
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npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvkPublished at
2024-10-11 16:46:43Event JSON
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