"Can we stop using 6-year-old info for apps that get updated monthly?"
The fact Telegram's E2EE has not been available
1. by default
2. on desktop apps
3. for group messages
for seven years tells you exactly how secure it is.
"the only other criticism comes from a direct competitor"
Fuck this attitude. Everyone has the right to criticize. If Telegram can't own their mistakes it's their fault, not that of the people who are beating them. Also, impartial professional cryptographers like Bruce Schneier and Matthew Green have told people not to use Telegram. Why is that if not because it's so horribly insecure. Why isn't there a single recommendation for Telegram from ANY cryptographer on the entire planet?
"they recommend WhatsApp despite the fact that it's closed-source and nobody can verify if its encryption truly works."
Because they've helped implement the encryption? Also if proprietary tools doing encryption are not secure, then why do Telegram users think it's ok for Telegram to use closed-source server that's doing the "distributed datacenter encryption" for group messages' at-rest protection. There's not even documentation available for this let alone source code.
The fact Telegram's E2EE has not been available
1. by default
2. on desktop apps
3. for group messages
for seven years tells you exactly how secure it is.
"the only other criticism comes from a direct competitor"
Fuck this attitude. Everyone has the right to criticize. If Telegram can't own their mistakes it's their fault, not that of the people who are beating them. Also, impartial professional cryptographers like Bruce Schneier and Matthew Green have told people not to use Telegram. Why is that if not because it's so horribly insecure. Why isn't there a single recommendation for Telegram from ANY cryptographer on the entire planet?
"they recommend WhatsApp despite the fact that it's closed-source and nobody can verify if its encryption truly works."
Because they've helped implement the encryption? Also if proprietary tools doing encryption are not secure, then why do Telegram users think it's ok for Telegram to use closed-source server that's doing the "distributed datacenter encryption" for group messages' at-rest protection. There's not even documentation available for this let alone source code.