Comment on Telegram says it has 'about 30 engineers'; security experts say that's a red flag

• mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The quote leaves out the best part.

  people have cast doubt over the quality of Telegram’s encryption, given that the company uses its own proprietary encryption algorithm, created by Durov’s brother

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• knightly@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So they can implement their own backdoor

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• catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To be fair: someone somewhere has to make algorithms that we use. I honestly don’t know if Telegram’s encryption is strong or how strong based on their white paper, but I’m interested in an unbiased evaluation.

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  • henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Developers should not design encryption algorithms. They should instead implement algorithms that were designed by a mathematician.

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    • kauraaaa@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      agree with the notion that any homebrew business is questionable but he is a mathematician

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Durov

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      • henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Interesting! Did not know that.

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