$200,000 to the first person to break Telegram

Re:$200,000 to the first person to break Telegram by r-s on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @06:18PM (#6931645)

Travel to russia, get big wrench and hit Durov with it until he gives up his password. Win 200k.

In all seriousness, im interested to see if anyone can crack this.

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Re:$200,000 to the first person to break Telegram by conductor on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @06:26PM (#6931699)

If I remeber correctly the Russians indeed have a special term of getting the crypto key in such manner: Thermorectal Cryptanalysis.

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Re:$200,000 to the first person to break Telegram by matslina on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @06:48PM (#6931853)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis

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Re:$200,000 to the first person to break Telegram by vacri on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @07:13PM (#6932004)

A Russian friend of mine mentioned playing in an MMO with another guy called 'Krusk' for a year or so before realising that the other guy was also Russian, and 'Krusk' was the anglicised version of the Russian word for "the sound bones make when you crush them"...

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Re:$200,000 to the first person to break Telegram by helgidub on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @06:19PM (#6931655)

He is in US now.

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Re:$200,000 to the first person to break Telegram by carmaa on Thursday December 19, 2013 @02:59AM (#6933438)

Yep, in San Jose.

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