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Re:Telegram secret chat geolocation leak by DanBC on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @11:27AM (#6963285)
> It was just a mistake in not using SSL.

In a secure, crypto, application?

You can see how that's a bit concerning?

I'm not quite sure why programmers release crypto apps as "SECURE", instead of "We'd like this to be secure, so we're releasing this beta edition with a bug bounty. Don't use it for safety critical applications yet."

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Re:Telegram secret chat geolocation leak by kyberias on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @05:38PM (#6964539)
Look, I'm not saying it's not concerning. I'm saying this does not imply anything on the design of the application. If the only lesson I can get from this is "to use SSL", then the design lesson wasn't very illuminating. Get it?
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