Polish blogger sued after revealing security issue in UseCrypt messenger

[WarOnPrivacy]

https://therecord.media/polish-blogger-sued-after-revealing-security-issue-in-encrypted-messenger/

[Boulth6]

> they have been receiving legal letters from S440 SA demanding the removal of any negative articles and user comments from their websites about the UseCrypt Messenger app

I guess S440 never heard about the Streisand effect....

[kruczek]

The blog linked in the article actually focuses mostly on vulnerabilities of autofwd.com. So I find suecrypt's response crazy, especially when compared to autofwd.com's response - the latter offered bug bounty, shut down the service and allowed to publish an article about it (and all of that within a single day!).

But yes, never heard of this messenger before, now I know one more thing to avoid. Talk about Streisand..

[qqwe22]

YUP. Usecrypt stole signal's code and made its app closed source and paid. Fuck this shitty messenger.

[5etho]

as Polish I'd like to add that they even advertise on tv and on sites of top 3 cellular operator. That's a such a shame that scammers sue good guys