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Re:WhatsApp will no longer charge subscription fees by ex3ndr on Monday January 18, 2016 @05:18PM (#10927428)
Telegram is actually not open, they just throw some sources to github or as zip files at their's langing page. That's why i quit Telegram and built open source "Telegram" - https://actor.im and replaced spagetti-encryption with enhanced version of Signal's one.
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Re:WhatsApp will no longer charge subscription fees by Johnny_Brahms on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @10:40AM (#10931412)
Considering it is pretty much the gold standard for crypto, how did you enhance it?
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Re:WhatsApp will no longer charge subscription fees by ex3ndr on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @12:48PM (#10932372)
We added one extra level based on Russian encryption. So if Curve25519 or AES encryption will be broken there are still be russian level. To break our crypto Russia and US need to cooperate that is impossible.
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