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Telegram invented it's own crypto, without an audit it's untrustworthy. There's only Signal and Keybase that has been audited, so Whatsapp should be excluded fr
by Avamander 7y ago
Telegram invented it's own crypto, without an audit it's untrustworthy. There's only Signal and Keybase that has been audited, so Whatsapp should be excluded from the list of trustworthy IM apps as well.
- tialaramex 7y agoWhatsapp uses the exact same technology as Signal. If you consider that Signal is fine based on an audit of what is clearly an older version (do audits come out every day with new Signal releases? No, so the code you're running wasn't covered by the audit) then Whatsapp is fine based on being the same protocols with different branding.
- Avamander 7y agoAn audited piece of software with relatively minor changes is definitely far more trustworthy than a piece of software that is much much more different. Whatsapp is garbage compared to Signal.
- riking 7y ago"without an audit" It would be more accurate to say that they have failed every attempted audit of the protocol.
- Avamander 7y agoI'd love to read more about this, could you please provide a few links?