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…
One of the most important rules of cybersecurity is: never roll your own encryption.
And what did the guys at Telegram do? Rolled their own encryption.
If you are into Telegram because you think it’s secure, think again.
There are much better alternatives out there, adopting proved industry standards. Signal or Matrix just to name a few.
One of the most important rules of cybersecurity is: never roll your own encryption.
And what did the guys at Telegram do? Rolled their own encryption.
If you are into Telegram because you think it’s secure, think again. There are much better alternatives out there, adopting proved industry standards. Signal or Matrix just to name a few.
What does ‘rolling encryption’ mean (if it’s possible to ELI15).
OP probably meant “to roll out”, meaning: “to deploy”.
Generally a good rule, however Signal did develop their own encryption. It was so good it became the industry standard.
if the people you want to talk to are using telegram then you don’t have much of a choice
Maybe tell them you are using signal and that they don’t have a choice but to use it
that doesn’t work with clients. or vendors. or any other type of business partner, really. maybe your staff and your grandma and steven?
It would if everyone already had it installed.