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Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot (rys.io)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Investigation by investigative journalism outlet IStories (EN version by OCCRP) shows that Telegram uses a single, FSB-linked company as their infrastructure provider globally.

Telegram's MTProto protocol also requires a cleartext identifier to be prepended to all client-server messages.

Combined, these two choices by Telegram make it into a surveillance tool.

I am quoted in the IStories story. I also did packet captures, and I dive into the nitty-gritty technical details on my blog.

Packet captures and MTProto deobfuscation library I wrote linked therein so that others can retrace my steps and check my work.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

So, you drop into a thread about a pretty technically involved analysis of one protocol (MTProto), and in response to a post linking to another pretty technically involved analysis of another protocol (Matrix/Olm) all you have to offer is "that softheaded blog"?

I mean I would expect some finesse with the insults. I understand that diving into the technical nitty-gritty might not be your thing, and that's totally fine, but at the very least don't deny us the entertainment factor of a well-rounded invective!

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