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2014-02-24
, 09:38
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#42
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Originally Posted by shmerl
i am agree with you. But telegram and much more are better than Whatapp.
About Telegram: https://joindiaspora.com/posts/3610095
I'm not sure why people are so excited about it. There is nothing good in it that I can see.
is it not possible to change the server settings on the client and use a own server with e.g. openfire?
i wich realy that some one can port Chatsecure to Sailfish :/
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2014-02-24
, 18:23
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#43
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@cvp: Telegram is not XMPP compliant as far as I understand, so forget about OpenFire. And their server is not open source, so you can't run your own. Another centralized service in the age of mass surveillance doesn't sound like something to be excited about at all.
People can use XMPP instead of all these broken attempts to reinvent the wheel. I guess some people never learn.
People can use XMPP instead of all these broken attempts to reinvent the wheel. I guess some people never learn.
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2014-02-24
, 18:33
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#44
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Don't know if this has already been posted:
Telegram, AKA “Stand back, we have Math PhDs!”
Yay, custom non-peer reviewed crypto!
But, well, they know math so everything should be fine, right ? ...
Telegram, AKA “Stand back, we have Math PhDs!”
Yay, custom non-peer reviewed crypto!
But, well, they know math so everything should be fine, right ? ...
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2014-02-24
, 18:37
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#45
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Conclusion:
Also, how can we trust anything they say about their servers if they aren't open? Even assuming their security is not broken, an IM protocol which doesn't allow federation is a failure from the start, nothing even to consider.
Last edited by shmerl; 2014-02-24 at 18:40.
To sum it up: avoid at all costs. There are no new ideas, and they add their flawed homegrown mix of RSA, AES-IGE, plain SHA1 integrity verification, MAC-Then-Encrypt, and a custom KDF. Instead of Telegram, you should use well known and audited protocols, like OTR (usable in IRC, Jabber) or the Axolotl key ratcheting of TextSecure.
Last edited by shmerl; 2014-02-24 at 18:40.
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2014-02-24
, 18:56
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#46
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dont write crypto review stories, just hack telegram crypto and get $200,000 from durov
https://telegram.org/crypto_contest
https://telegram.org/crypto_contest
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2014-02-24
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#47
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@coderus: Be my guest, $200,000 is useful. Just don't use the service and don't proliferate its usage, because that's already damaging 
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2014-02-24
, 19:19
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#48
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ahah, sorry, i'm not paranoid 
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2014-02-24
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#49
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@coderus: It's not about being paranoid. It's about damaging others and being irresponsible doing it by proliferating a bad service. I.e. you using it doesn't affect just you. It affects others - negatively.
Here is an interesting article which describes this kind of issue:
http://betabeat.com/2011/12/in-which...g-on-facebook/
Here is an interesting article which describes this kind of issue:
http://betabeat.com/2011/12/in-which...g-on-facebook/
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2014-02-24
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#50
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dont use telegram if you dont want to do.
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