Comment by palata

Comment by palata 11 days ago

8 replies

I don't understand why you're downvoted for this question.

What's wrong with Telegram is the privacy story. It's not end-to-end encrypted, meaning that the server can read the content of your messages.

I hear that Telegram has a great UX, which makes it popular. But in terms of security... it's wanting.

maqp 11 days ago

Telegram is a joke in professional cryptography circles https://x.com/matthew_d_green/status/726428912968982529

  • palata 10 days ago

    To me it's just not an encrypted messaging app. I don't even get all the discussions about it...

    It's a bit like if we analysed the E2EE guarantees of email over and over again. Every year, multitudes of people would publish a post explaining how email is "badly encrypted". Well, email is not E2EE, period. If you want E2EE, use a system that has E2EE.

    • maqp 10 days ago

      That would be fine unless Telegram

      1) Didn't say it was "Heavily encrypted" on its front page.

      2) Didn't claim it was more private than WhatsApp which is always end-to-end encrypted with Signal protocol.

      3) Didn't claim secret chats were somehow adequate.

  • emptysongglass 10 days ago

    You're again linking to old critiques of an old protocol no longer in use. Can you stop doing that, please?

    • maqp 10 days ago

      No. I will not stop pointing out the hubris and nepotism in the company. No real changes have been made in who's designing security for Telegram, so their past is their future. Incompetent people doing crap job.

      • emptysongglass 10 days ago

        Except to the protocol, which you continue to post aged posts identifying vulnerabilities that have nothing to do with the rewritten version. That is not honest presentation of the facts.