News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities. Parent comment

Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by fhars on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:49PM (#16632483)
I tried signal once, and it refused to even start without me allowing it to steal my address book.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by DenisM on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:57PM (#16632570)
I don’t think it does that anymore - my signal has nothing in it.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by avhon1 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:06PM (#16633173)
Signal still requires access to read (and modify!) your contacts.
[ Parent | on HN ]