Re:Show HN: I built a website to share files and messages wi...
by ffpip on Monday May 13, 2024 @06:44AM
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In the end, they hold the keys irrespective of how many algorithms they wrap on top.
I do not feel it is any different from Google Chat, Twitter DMs, etc. They do have a lot of censorship resistant and anti-MITM attack features in between, but they hold the keys by default
I use it for convenience and amazing features, not for security!
Not just plain-old HTTPs. MTProto 2.0 is a whole encryption algorithm for Cloud chats: https://core.telegram.org/mtproto/AJiEAwIYFoAsBGJBjZwYoQIwFM...