Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities

Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by gmemstr on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:05PM (#16632040)

Do the founders have family in Russia? I'm not really up to date with Telegram as a company or the people behind it.

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by saurik on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:11PM (#16632091)

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/27/meet-telegram-a-secure-mess...

> Meet Telegram, A Secure Messaging App From The Founders Of VK, Russia’s Largest Social Network

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by aphextron on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:20PM (#16632186)

> Meet Telegram, A Secure Messaging App From The Founders Of VK, Russia’s Largest Social Network

Well, there goes any interest I ever had in using Telegram.

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by eitland on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:38PM (#16632943)

Well, he lost control of VK years ago and seems to be working hard to prevent that from happening again.

That's part of why I trust it enough to use it (at least for some of my communication. )

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by gandhium on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:18PM (#16633287)

Either lost control or donated it to FSB in secret. He's not exactly a knight in shining armor, judging from all that 'Facebook cloning' affair.

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by ryanlol on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:56PM (#16635318)

Then why has Telegram been sharing an office with VK?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by darkstar999 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:53PM (#16632530)

Why?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by trisimix on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:09PM (#16632689)

Cause Russia's fucked?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by refurb on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:27PM (#16632843)

I've never before seen such a crude, off-the-cuff answer be so accurate.

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by nucleardog on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @03:18AM (#16636158)

So's everywhere else. If you're gonna be sending the info to some government, why not spread it around a little so everyone only has part of the picture?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by strictnein on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:21PM (#16632200)

Pavel Durov left Russia several years ago.

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by thathappened on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:19PM (#16632176)

Does no one care that Digital Ocean is owned and created by Russia? You're all worried about apps, what about the hosts they use?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by usaphp on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:27PM (#16632264)

Google is also founded by Russian immigrants, it does not mean its owned and is created in Russia...

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by diggan on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:23PM (#16632220)

Where you get that from? Wikipedia page about DigitalOcean mentions it's an American company from New York City. What makes you say it's owned and created by Russia (which I think you mean the Russian Government)?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by kicarus on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:23PM (#16632216)

Just because the founders immigrated from Russia as youth, doesn't mean "Digital Ocean is owned and created by Russia"

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by aphextron on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:22PM (#16632201)

>Does no one care that Digital Ocean is owned and created by Russia?

Really? Source? I thought they were based in NYC?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by luxpir on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:26PM (#16632257)

I care, but had no idea. Any more info? Search not showing up much.

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by sli on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:50PM (#16632498)

It's not true.

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by vbezhenar on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:28PM (#16632269)

So shall we assume that NSA/Mossad/MI5/whatever has secret keys?

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by petre on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @01:37AM (#16635751)

They don't need the keys. They made sure they can predict the elliptic curve coefficients. A lot more ellegant an approach don't you think?

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