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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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catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca
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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.

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

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kauraaaa@sopuli.xyz
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agree with the notion that any homebrew business is questionable but he is a mathematician

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

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

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