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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by AdamHominem on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:34PM (#28765237)
And that it uses a proprietary encryption protocol, "MTProto", which has been repeatedly found to have vulnerabilities, like every other self-made encryption scheme.

Now add in the fact that it's a UAE company...

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by SergeAx on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:43PM (#28765355)
> which has been repeatedly found to have vulnerabilities

No, it has not. Recent research by seasoned encryption experts found minor bugs in realization, mostly around messages order. @see https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2021/07/fou...

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by znpy on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:41PM (#28765341)
You're misusing the term proprietary here.

Telegram's protocol might be custom, but it's well described and there are open source client implementations.

Whatsapp is totally closed and non-interoperable.

And whatsapp is made by an US company, that's an assurance for data collection and massive surveillance.

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by sofixa on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @05:28PM (#28765843)
> Now add in the fact that it's a UAE company

I don't know why you keep saying that. They have servers and offices distributed in different countries, but IIRC most of the team including the founder and CEO are Russian. They say the distribution is so that no single jurisdiction can force them to do too much.

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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by anaganisk on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @06:34PM (#28766587)
As if we are supposed to trust US or any other countries. Lol
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Re:Telegram founder says over 70M new users joined during Fa... by kaba0 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @05:01PM (#28765575)
Do not roll your own crypto is meant for software engineers, not a team of professional cryptologists.
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