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Which I am sure the intelligence agencies are having a field day with. Nothing like rolling your own encryption. What are the chances it was created by one of
by wstrange 11y ago
Which I am sure the intelligence agencies are having a field day with.
Nothing like rolling your own encryption.
What are the chances it was created by one of the intelligence agencies?
- jug5 11y agoChances are 10/10
- bhouston 11y ago> What are the chances it was created by one of the intelligence agencies? I came to the comment section to say that exact same thing. If I were one of those intelligence agencies it would be tempting to use the information right away but for it to be truly effective, you'd need to let it propagate pretty far. What a field day for intelligence agencies even if wasn't planned by them -- just one thing to bust and they have everything. Is this story even serious? Using modern smart phones for "business" at all doesn't seem like a good idea if you are in the cross hairs of a modern military force.
- NetStrikeForce 11y ago> Is this story even serious? It will encourage potential criminals to communicate through a system that's just a honey trap, instead of using other more secure options.
- jacquesm 11y agoI don't actually notice anything about them rolling their own encryption in the article (it doesn't even mention encryption other than that they use telegram to spread the link). What are the chances if it is encrypted that they didn't actually roll their own encryption but used an open source implementation like PGP and made a wrapper around it? No reason to assume they're entirely dumb until the app has been dis-assembled and proven to be buggy (though I'd not make such a proof public, just let them continue to use it).