This blog is reserved for more serious things, and ordinarily I wouldn’t spend time on questions like the above. But much as I’d like to spend my time writing about exciting topics, som…
  • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    92·
    2 months ago

    MTProto 2 has not been cracked.

    What’s important is that it hasn’t been confirmed good by actual normal cryptographers. It’s science, not school debates.

    Telegram’s unwillingness to cooperate with governments is an additional security layer.

    No person ever instructed in security would say something this childishly asinine!

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      What’s important is that it hasn’t been confirmed good by actual normal cryptographers.

      Why not?

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        2 months ago

        I dunno. It’s just not.

        Shows like “we have a reward to crack it, nobody’s done this, so we’re very cool” are not sufficient.