2020-05-16 UTC
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cwebber2 > The Double Ratchet algorithm is designed to provide security against an attacker who records encrypted messages and then compromises the sender or receiver at a later time. This security could be defeated if deleted plaintext or keys could be recovered by an attacker with low-level access to the compromised device. Recovering deleted data from storage media is a complicated topic which is outside the scope of this document.