Comment by palata
6 hours ago
That is a problem with you not understanding how security works.
> If you really wanted to be secure
There is no such thing as "being really secure". There are threat models, and implementations that defend you against them. Because you can't prevent a bulldozer from destroying your front door does not mean that it is useless to ever lock it.
Even your air-gapped example is wrong, because it means that you have to trust that system (unless you are capable of building a computer from scratch in your garage, which I doubt).
Sending an encrypted over the Signal app is a lot more secure than sending an email over the ProtonMail website, which itself is more secure than sending it in a non-secret Telegram channel. It's a gradient, it can be "more" or "less" secure, it doesn't have to be "all or nothing" as you seem to believe.
>That is a problem with you not understanding how security works.
That's hilariously wrong.
>There is no such thing as "being really secure".
Sure there is. "Being really secure" isn't what I said at all, and it's a vague statement to make. You're reaching to create an internet argument, and I'm frankly bored of this, you're out of your depth.
>Even your air-gapped example is wrong, because it means that you have to trust that system
I'd trust a system that I set up. I'm not going to do it on a system that you set up, that much is for certain.
> (unless you are capable of building a computer from scratch in your garage, which I doubt).
I still have an EPROM burner, so yes, I could, and I have.
>Sending an encrypted over the Signal app is a lot more secure than sending an email over the ProtonMail website
If you really think that, then nobody should be taking security advice from you.
I'm really tired of this pointless internet interaction. Goodbye.