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> Don't use Telegram at all. Care to elaborate on that?

• idlewords 10y ago
  Telegram uses a custom protocol that makes professional cryptographers like Matthew Green tweet things like this: https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/726428912968982529?lang=en https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/72642891296898252... WhatsApp and Signal use the Signal protocol, which has a good reputation among working cryptographers (who I hope we'll hear from in this thread).
  • ReverseCold 10y ago
    It's the only thing my friends will use because they're​ scared of encryption. Telegram doesn't have encryption. Still waiting for something with native apps for all platforms to be reasonably trustless and have all the goodies that TG has (bots, games, etc).
  • elastic_church 10y ago
    > And oh boy, does Telegram encryption suck. Seriously people, don't use that except on a dare.
  • unicornporn 10y ago
    The greatest problem with the Telegram encryption is that nobody I know uses it. Why? 1. It's not default. 2. Encrypted chats don't sync between devices.
  • jedikv 10y ago
    As the old saying goes - 'Never roll your own crypto'