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Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by detaro on Monday February 03, 2020 @03:49PM (#22228875)
Please submit the original source, not an article reporting that some else made a blog post.

Also a dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22200300

Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by nathanaldensr on Monday February 03, 2020 @02:27PM (#22227959)
This article reads like an advertisement. There's nothing really new here.
Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by derision on Monday February 03, 2020 @02:27PM (#22227955)
I wonder if this is why there's so many "vulnerabilities" in Intel CPUs?
Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by apfsx on Monday February 03, 2020 @03:02PM (#22228333)
Within the past 10 years I've lost my sense of even the slightest security. Not as if that security ever existed in the first place, just that I was much less aware of the possibilities. I feel like the vulnerabilities that we've seen on Intel CPU's is just the tip of the iceberg. Maybe within a decade or two we'll see that no Intel CPU was ever safe and high level agencies have literally since the beginning had access to these vulnerabilities.

I mean some of the stuff we've seen is terrifying. Malware that infects the Management Engine of the Intel CPU that survives regardless of OS you install or hardware you change? I'm afraid these aren't even 1% of what is and has been capable since the beginning that we don't know about.

Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by BlueTemplar on Monday February 03, 2020 @03:47PM (#22228857)
IME + Snowden = All your Intels are belong to US
Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by Apofis on Monday February 03, 2020 @03:30PM (#22228651)
It's just a wide open gate for anyone that knows what they're doing at this point.
Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by nickik on Monday February 03, 2020 @02:15PM (#22227814)
For somebody that makes an app that doesnt even use e2e 99% of the time, he should stfu.
Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by 416chad on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @09:30AM (#22246918)
Multiple companies I've worked at have been in the position of their competitors suffering security breaches. In all instances there were communications sent to all staff not to speak externally pointing to the inident for publicity/promotion of our service. While you can't turn a blind eye, it's just not a good look. Besides, tomorrow it could always be you/your company.

Telegram has some positives, but the lack of e2e without secret chats is inexcusable--notnto mention secret chats' notifications are crippled (no option to see sender or message content.) If only Signal had working profile avatars instead of seeing some ancient Google+/Facebook/social media photo that sync'd to their contact list eons ago they didn't even know was there... Small UX things can make all the difference, haha.

Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by drcross on Monday February 03, 2020 @02:25PM (#22227934)
What good is e2e encryption if it's backdoored?
Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by nickik on Monday February 03, 2020 @04:45PM (#22229530)
First of all he should have some sliver of prove and not just complain about things that are the same on his software.

And if he was serious about it and not just bs marketing he could actually recommend an app that is actually significantly improving on the security.

Re:Telegram Founder on WhatsApp Hacks: Backdoors Are Camoufl... by jasonvorhe on Monday February 03, 2020 @03:19PM (#22228523)
What good is his claim about WhatsApp if he has no proof?