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[return to "Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message encryption"]
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1. kome+uq
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2020-06-05 07:17:08
>>pera+(OP)
Signal exposes the user's phone number, better alternative is to use burner phones or Telegram.
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2. soziaw+Gu
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2020-06-05 08:05:59
>>kome+uq
Telegram doesn't have encryption for groups though.
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3. 0x49d1+mJ
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2020-06-05 10:39:42
>>soziaw+Gu
Actually they do:
https://telegram.org/faq#q-so-how-do-you-encrypt-data
, but since group chats are using Telegram's servers the encryption is not client-to-client. Here is the actual specification of how does their srever-client encryption work:
https://core.telegram.org/mtproto
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4. billme+eO
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2020-06-05 11:36:09
>>0x49d1+mJ
>> “ since group chats are using Telegram's servers the encryption is not client-to-client”
That is, it is not end-to-end-encrypted (E2EE) — which is the whole point of apps like this.
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