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Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by jazzyjackson on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @04:43PM (#41372779)
Ironically, just being able to produce a valid proof is hardly proof that an implementation has those properties, it just means they put some effort into it.
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Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by jaykru on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @07:59PM (#41374605)
This would be a valid point if the client source code wasn't available; you can build the app from source and sideload it onto your Android phone or verify [0] that the build available for your platform matches the code you've audited for compliance to the protocol. Granted I don't know if anyone's performed such an audit, but it's at least an option.

[0] https://core.telegram.org/reproducible-builds

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