Re:Russia threatens to block Telegram
by Aloha on Monday June 26, 2017 @03:21PM
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There is a difference between practical security and theoretical security.
Telegram has some well known theoretical security flaws - its been well documented as such.
But from a practical point its more secure than most of what it replaced - SMS and Facebook Messenger. I use telegram as a cross platform iMessage - if iMessage was cross platform there wouldnt be much room for for telegram - if WhatsApp had a desktop client, same deal - if Signal was more user friendly (it also launched without a desktop client) - same deal.
In short, Telegram is good enough for the purposes that people are using it for - once MProto has been breached - then I'll be concerned - but right not all the attacks are theoretical, and not practical.
Telegram has some well known theoretical security flaws - its been well documented as such.
But from a practical point its more secure than most of what it replaced - SMS and Facebook Messenger. I use telegram as a cross platform iMessage - if iMessage was cross platform there wouldnt be much room for for telegram - if WhatsApp had a desktop client, same deal - if Signal was more user friendly (it also launched without a desktop client) - same deal.
In short, Telegram is good enough for the purposes that people are using it for - once MProto has been breached - then I'll be concerned - but right not all the attacks are theoretical, and not practical.