Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals(ft.com)
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Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals
https://www.ft.com/content/cc3e3854-5f76-4422-a970-9010c3bc732b
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Anything that doesn't comply with major governments is automatically a "dark web" for cyber criminals.
> Anything that doesn't comply with major governments is automatically a "dark web" for cyber criminals.
I came here to say that. I'm glad more people are not so ignorant anymore, and see what's going on. There is a clear agenda to demonize any service the government can't easily listen and record.
The way things are going with dystopian covid measures, I expect humanity to need systems that aren't controlled to put up resistence in the near future.
I came here to say that. I'm glad more people are not so ignorant anymore, and see what's going on. There is a clear agenda to demonize any service the government can't easily listen and record.
The way things are going with dystopian covid measures, I expect humanity to need systems that aren't controlled to put up resistence in the near future.
WhatsApp does the same.
Facebook has issues around CSAM.
Yet Financial Times found Telegram a "haven for cybercriminals"!
Yet Financial Times found Telegram a "haven for cybercriminals"!
Somewhat unrelated, but has anyone noticed the appalling quality of the FT's comments section? You'd think that the leading financial paper would be able to stop people from flaming each other in the comments. In their recent AUKUS coverage as well, there were commentors cheering on the idea of war.
As a long-time FT subscriber, I and others have noticed a very steep decline over the last year or so. Before, I didn't always agree with the comments, but they were usually at least somewhat insightful. Some readers suspect an organized incursion of state-sponsored malefactors. One certainly notices more of the bile on certain types of subjects (Russia, China, internet, US political system) than others.
I think this is a general problem with comment sections. It seems to be both a symptom and a major cause of the decline of civility in the 21st century.
HN is /very/ unusual.
HN is /very/ unusual.
Indeed! Any good writeups on what makes HN work like it does?
Does Telegram have E2EE on phone ONLY still?
No, you can E2EE on all clients. But Secret Chats are always a 1:1 session between devices. You can't start a Secret Chat on one device and continue on another.
This might seem like an inconvenience but it avoids the pitfall leading to the recent Matrix exploits...
This might seem like an inconvenience but it avoids the pitfall leading to the recent Matrix exploits...
https://tsf.telegram.org/manuals/e2ee-simple#2-why-are-there...
It literally is "Why are there no Secret Chats on desktop apps?".
They seem to provide a couple of reasons, so it seems like it is not going to be a thing?
It literally is "Why are there no Secret Chats on desktop apps?".
They seem to provide a couple of reasons, so it seems like it is not going to be a thing?
Not sure that the solution to the risk of a bug in encrypted group chats is to mandate that group chats are unencrypted… Plus the Matrix bug was effectively a theoretical vulnerability rather than something actually being exploited.
Telegram could support group chats that are encrypted, only that you can only be in that group chat from one device. I would greatly prefer that solution. Wouldn't you?