[GH-ISSUE #322] Urgent: IV must be random #284

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opened 2026-03-03 11:42:11 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @thankfulmachine on GitHub (Sep 21, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Finb/Bark/issues/322

You must not require that the initialization vector is established ahead of time and reused. It must be randomly generated with each push by the originator and sent alongside the ciphertext. Please do not ask the user to enter and save an IV in the app.

Originally created by @thankfulmachine on GitHub (Sep 21, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Finb/Bark/issues/322 You _must not_ require that the initialization vector is established ahead of time and reused. It must be randomly generated with each push by the originator and sent alongside the ciphertext. Please do not ask the user to enter and save an IV in the app.

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@Finb commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2025):

Hi！

the IV can be random. The IV you enter in the app is only used for the example script; the example shows how to include the IV in the parameters for the app to perform decryption.

@Finb commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2025): Hi！ the IV can be random. The IV you enter in the app is only used for the example script; the example shows how to include the IV in the parameters for the app to perform decryption.

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@thankfulmachine commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2025):

Ah ok thank you. It's a little confusing because I got there by tapping "Encryption settings", so I thought I was editing the settings.

Additionally it would also be nice if the encryption settings could be more accessible.

Thanks for working on this.

@thankfulmachine commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2025): Ah ok thank you. It's a little confusing because I got there by tapping "Encryption settings", so I thought I was editing the settings. Additionally it would also be nice if the encryption settings could be more accessible. Thanks for working on this.