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Oh God why would you do this.
The quote leaves out the best part.
Durov’s brother = FSB?
So they can implement their own backdoor
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
Interesting! Did not know that. It’s possible he may be qualified, so I’m still skeptical of closed crypto systems.