The Signal one somebody has posted in the adjacent thread was definitely real and horrible though: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27950763
The fact that at least two heavily-used messengers got one of the most essential things in instant messaging wrong is nightmare fuel I didn't need to have in my life :(
IT is just a series of security breaches.
> is nightmare fuel I didn't need to have in my life :(
It's a weird reaction. All software have always been like that as far as I remember.
xz: A sophisticated supply chain attack. These are known, scary, and we don't have great ways to prevent them yet.
Apparently half of all popular instant messengers at some point making the same kind of trivial but catastrophic off-by-one error: Not rocket science to prevent. I was hoping at least high-stakes apps would have better QA.
> is nightmare fuel I didn't need to have in my life :(