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Re:Telegram Login for Websites by welder on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @11:53AM (#16325825)
Telegram doesn't use passwords...
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Re:Telegram Login for Websites by gant on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @12:04PM (#16325954)
Fine. They call it a passcode:

https://telegram.wiki/desktop/tdesktoppasscode

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Re:Telegram Login for Websites by CiPHPerCoder on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @12:16PM (#16326078)
Wait, how are they turning the passcode into a 2048-bit key? Is this an RSA key? How do they ensure it's not factorable, etc.?
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Re:Telegram Login for Websites by StavrosK on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @11:25PM (#16330160)
They probably just create the key and then encrypt it with the pass code, as people usually do in these cases.
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