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Telegram CEO calls out rival Signal, claiming it has ties to US government (www.theregister.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Caravaggio@feddit.nl to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 89 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The CEO also claims that users' Signal messages have popped up in court cases or in the media, and implies that this has happened because the app's encryption isn't completely secure. However, Durov cites "important people I've spoken to" and doesn't mention any specific instance of this happening.

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The Register could not find public reports of Signal messages leaking due to faulty encryption.

Claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Durov's entire criticism seems to be based on implications and have no actual evidence of any technical problems with Signal. He's basically just throwing shade at a competing business, which amounts to whining.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Funny how first association is "end-to-end encryption is broken" and not, you know, that whoever used the message got hold of one of the "ends".