1 Reply by z616

(3 replies, posted in Requests)

the_glu wrote:

I don't understand what you want

Iran has 100% monitoring of outbound traffic. 

The auto update request to a known FireGPG IP allows the gov't very easily to track FireGPG users in the country, even if they got their copy from a USB drive.

This is a potentially dangerous behavior.

Does auto update check when FireGPG is first installed, before the user can turn it off?

Will Firefox's own update mechanism directly access a FireGPG specific IP anyway?

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2 Topic by z616

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I've been checking out FireGPG.

By default, automatic updates were enabled.

For the parts of the world where FireGPG is most needed (especially this week), this is a big red flag to use of (illegal) encryption software.

Obviously running old crypto software can be a vulnerability too, but I don't even know if auto updates fetch the moment I installed.

Is this just a Beta thing?  Is Beta FireGPG secure enough for real world secure uses?

Nice work on FireGPG.  Having hours examining alternatives, I say it is desperately needed.

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