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Just as long as one remembers that this was the first release of Telegram and that WhatsApp ran not weakly encrypted but actually unencrypted until about a year
by skinkestek 5y ago
Just as long as one remembers that this was the first release of Telegram and that WhatsApp ran not weakly encrypted but actually unencrypted until about a year before these events ;-)
I don't defend Telegrams history when it comes to crypto,just pointing out that there are massive double standards here:
- WhatsApp is the good one (sending data unencrypted until 2012, and to add insult to injury they sent it on port 443)
- Telegram is the bad guy (sent data encrypted but used a dodgy algorithm early on)
- lmm 5y agoEncryption is one of those things where no algorithm is better than a bad algorithm - if you know your data is being sent in the clear then you can at least act appropriately. And the attitude of the Telegram developers when they were called out is particularly concerning.
- skinkestek 5y ago> Encryption is one of those things where no algorithm is better than a bad algorithm Absolutely not universally true: Encryption that protect against everyone except NSA is still infinitely much better than sending plaintext. Internet banking can't work with plaintext. It can work perfectly fine even if everyone knows NSA could break it.