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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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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 31 points 4 months ago (3 children)

proprietary encryption algorithm

Oh God why would you do this.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The quote leaves out the best part.

people have cast doubt over the quality of Telegram’s encryption, given that the company uses its own proprietary encryption algorithm, created by Durov’s brother

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 9 points 4 months ago

Durov’s brother = FSB?

[–] knightly@pawb.social 6 points 4 months ago

So they can implement their own backdoor

[–] catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 months 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.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] kauraaaa@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months 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

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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