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Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext on desktop app (stackdiary.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Maybe, but not every frame while you're playing. No game is loading gigs of data every frame. That would be the only way most encryption algorithms would slow you down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You're more likely going to get stuttering or asset streaming issues which are going to have more impact than losing a few fps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah was thinking about that (edited to add immediate) -- games are certainly background loading nowadays but the stuff needed is intended to be in ram by the time it's needed, afaik.