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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by supriyo-biswas on Monday May 13, 2024 @09:02AM (#40342863)
In the case of Telegram, MTProto’s implementation leaves a lot to be desired[1][2].

Additionally, home rolled crypto does not usually get the kind of security review from the cryptography community which makes it very likely that bugs of all kinds exist.

[1] https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/telegram-ecdh/ [2] http://unhandledexpression.com/2013/12/17/telegram-stand-bac...

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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by martinralbrecht on Monday May 13, 2024 @10:46AM (#40343955)
Telegram's symmetric cryptography has been reviewed by cryptographers: https://mtpsym.github.io/
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