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Telegram should be considered insecure. See this post for a nice summary: http://security.stackexchange.com/a/49802 http://security.stackexchange.com/a/49802

• nicpottier 12y ago
  That seems more like an ad-hominem than anything. Their secret chats specifically seem like they would be entirely secure.
  • tptacek 12y ago
    It would be interesting if you could find a reputable cryptographer to agree with either of those sentences.
  • edraferi 12y ago
    Steve Gibson did a pretty detailed analysis of Telegram on Security Now #444, recorded 25 Feb 2014. He concluded that Telegram's security was inadequate and recommended Threema as an alternative. http://twit.tv/show/security-now/444 http://twit.tv/show/security-now/444 https://threema.ch/en https://threema.ch/en
    • nicpottier 12y ago
      Thanks for the link to the security-now show, good stuff and does a good job of explaining the reservations in the crypto community around Telegram. I'm now looking at other options. I do like that Telegram launched with an API, but ya, it sounds like security isn't something that can be trusted. Thanks for the informative link.
  • icebraining 12y ago
    Putting someone's credentials into question is not necessarily an ad hominem. But in any case, you seem to have missed this bit: "The protocol they invented is flawed. Here is a nice blog post explaining why."