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Re:Facebook to integrate the infrastructure for WhatsApp, In... by lighthazard on Friday January 25, 2019 @09:47AM (#18998285)
The general consensus is that they are 'insecure' with a custom crypto and custom protocol (MTProto).
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Re:Facebook to integrate the infrastructure for WhatsApp, In... by przmk on Friday January 25, 2019 @09:50AM (#18998337)
On the other hand, the $300,000 bounty for cracking Telegram encryption has yet to be claimed.
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Re:Facebook to integrate the infrastructure for WhatsApp, In... by fxfan on Sunday January 27, 2019 @11:29PM (#19015328)
But but everybody says "you cannot roll out your own crypto" so we should just stop trying anything new I think /s
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