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Are there known vulnerabilities or do you mean the missing audits and security through obscurity approach? Because bogus in this context is a very strong word.
by herbst 9y ago
Are there known vulnerabilities or do you mean the missing audits and security through obscurity approach? Because bogus in this context is a very strong word.
- sneak 9y agoIt’s not binary; home-brewed original cryptosystems can be bogus without a known vulnerability published. All of the peer review by qualified professionals has been negative. Don’t take my word for it, go look it up.
- CiPHPerCoder 9y agoFor the lazy: https://security.stackexchange.com/a/49802/43688 https://security.stackexchange.com/a/49802/43688
- lloeki 9y agoBe sure to check the links and dates, and also read the comments to that answer before forming an opinion too fast. As an aside this is a very bad SE answer as SE policy is to include conclusive information within the answer itself, and here the only relevant part is merely being linked to.
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- sneak 9y agoIt’s not end to end encrypted by default. This is the baseline standard for an encrypted messenger in 2018.
- herbst 9y agoIts not if you focus on searchability and group chatting (Stripe, Discord, WeChat) so literally the biggest 3 players if you ignore the Facebook stack (And Facebook hasnt mastered encryption either, plus took very long to even try).