ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTelegram says it has 'about 30 engineers'; security experts say that's a red flagtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up18
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minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months ago proprietary encryption algorithm Oh God why would you do this.
minus-squarecatastrophicblues@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoTo 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.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoDevelopers should not design encryption algorithms. They should instead implement algorithms that were designed by a mathematician.
minus-squarekauraaaa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoagree 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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Oh God why would you do this.
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.
Developers should not design encryption algorithms. They should instead implement algorithms that were designed by a mathematician.
agree with the notion that any homebrew business is questionable but he is a mathematician
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Durov