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Re:‘I will show you how safe Telegram is’ by acc_297 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @09:31AM (#34819094)
I mean if a Roman general could…
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Re:‘I will show you how safe Telegram is’ by layer8 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @09:33AM (#34819124)
1 GB?
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Re:‘I will show you how safe Telegram is’ by SamBam on Thursday February 16, 2023 @09:39AM (#34819194)
The size is fairly irrelevant. 1 GB fits on a microSD card many times smaller than a Roman General's hand-written cypher.
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Re:‘I will show you how safe Telegram is’ by aardvark179 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @09:49AM (#34819312)
True, but it can be copied and returned quickly without the victim knowing, and you have to trust every device you put that SD card into to read the pad.
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Re:‘I will show you how safe Telegram is’ by layer8 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @09:49AM (#34819318)
How do you handle that SD card in practice to do your communication?

My point is, if anyone is on to you and can physically get to you (or anyone else in the group), there is a high risk they can get hold of the data.

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Re:‘I will show you how safe Telegram is’ by orangepurple on Thursday February 16, 2023 @10:54AM (#34820290)
That's why you put it behind a secret menu in an iPod https://tidbits.com/2020/08/17/the-case-of-the-top-secret-ip...
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