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Telegram says it has 'about 30 engineers'; security experts say that's a red flag (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be fair: someone somewhere has to make algorithms that we use. I honestly don’t know if Telegram’s encryption is strong or how strong based on their white paper, but I’m interested in an unbiased evaluation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Developers should not design encryption algorithms. They should instead implement algorithms that were designed by a mathematician.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

agree with the notion that any homebrew business is questionable but he is a mathematician

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Durov

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Interesting! Did not know that. It’s possible he may be qualified, so I’m still skeptical of closed crypto systems.