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Why is "telegram" and "encryption" ever mentioned together, except to say "telegram uses a phony imitation of encryption" ? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i

• dijit 11y ago
  Even if MTProto is insecure I want someone I trust to tell me so. it's very likely insecure but the amount of negative press on the subject of telegram is worrying, would you rather people use whatsapp? I know they're not touting themselves as the bastion of security (like telegram does) but I'd rather people used telegram because at the very least the protocol is open source, and once they have federation and a released server it will be possible to improve on the security probably.
  • epimenov 11y ago
    Basically they're not following cryptographic best practices. And their defense of it is flimsy at best. I you want easy-to-use secure messenger you should use Signal. (https://whispersystems.org/ https://whispersystems.org/)
    • free2rhyme214 11y ago
      Bingo but Telegram is fast. Here's Snowden's response: https://twitter.com/snowden/status/661313394906161152?lang=en https://twitter.com/snowden/status/661313394906161152?lang=e...
• r0muald 11y ago
  More on the same line: https://medium.com/@thegrugq/operational-telegram-cbbaadb9013a https://medium.com/@thegrugq/operational-telegram-cbbaadb901... "In short, for better protection, use anything else."
• Splines 11y ago
  If Telegram is so terrible, why is there so much hubbub in the news about terrorists using it? (Counterpoint: Maybe because since it's broken, allowing the media to perpetuate how secure Telegram is can only be beneficial. "Gosh darn those terrorists sure got us good with that Telegram app".)