Generally a good rule, however Signal did develop their own encryption. It was so good it became the industry standard.
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undrivendev@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
One of the most important rules of cybersecurity is: never roll your own encryption.
Which is exactly what Telegram did.
If you are into Telegram because you think it’s secure, think again. There are much better alternatives out there, Signal or Matrix just to name a few.
testo12@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
viralJ@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What does ‘rolling encryption’ mean (if it’s possible to ELI15).
lichengeese@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
‘Rolling your own…’ is a comparison to rolling your own cigarettes. That is, creating your own version from scratch instead of using something ready-made.
gressen@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
OP probably meant “to roll out”, meaning: “to deploy”.
HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Nah, it’s I guess jargon at this point, but it really just means to make up your own crypto algos.
nutsack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
if the people you want to talk to are using telegram then you don’t have much of a choice
iopq@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe tell them you are using signal and that they don’t have a choice but to use it
nutsack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
that doesn’t work with clients
iopq@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It would if everyone already had it installed.
endofline@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
No, it’s not the rule itself. It’s rather an advice not to do as rolling own crypto is very tricky and complicated thing. You have to be very aware of many possible attacks, how they do work, to create own crypto properly
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
More like “don’t roll your own crypto unless you’re ready to spend years getting it scrutinized and polished”.