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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by avhon1 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:39PM (#16632951)
I agree with /u/na85. If you're worried about law enforcement or corporations sniffing keys out of your devices RAM, you have other things to worry about besides "what app should I use for communication"?

If you're seriously worried about communicating without trusting your phone, then you either need to find communication devices you do trust, or else look into verifiable TRNGs [0], dumb serial printers that can be directly attached to RNGs [1], and either manual encryption/decryption algorithms [2] or one-time pads.

[0]: https://archive.is/CGQkR

[1]: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=2146

[2]: https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/339.pdf

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Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities by bitL on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:46PM (#16633020)
I simply want real privacy, not an illusion of one. It's pointless to use any half-baked privacy approach when your device is compromised by design; who knows if the current mainstream becomes dissent in 20 years and people will be hanged because of their old communication logs? Thanks but no thanks.
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