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Maybe restating the obvious, but why don't they pay out the 300k to some professional pen testers or cryptography auditors and publish the results. At least th
by ropman76 12y ago
Maybe restating the obvious, but why don't they pay out the 300k to some professional pen testers or cryptography auditors and publish the results. At least then they would have a shot at validity in this area.
- santialbo 12y agoFree PR
- higherpurpose 12y ago"Security audit firm finds 9 flaws in Telegram" doesn't seem quite as a compelling as "Telegram is willing to give anyone $300k to 'break its crypto'".
- cissou 12y agoMaybe they did?
- Tehnix 12y agoThey could do that: Pay $300k for professionals to maybe or maybe not find something, and get limited PR Or, what they do now: Get good PR and if someone manages to win the competition, it means they found flaws which the pros would, hopefully, also have found. If no one wins, they can then use the $300k to get pros on it. Win-win if you ask me.
- owenmarshall 12y ago> Win-win if you ask me. For the company, maybe. If you're a user of their half-baked crypto you're playing a high stakes game with a partner that isn't actually interested in keeping you safe.