$200,000 to the first person to break Telegram

Post by jnbiche » Wed, Dec 18, 2013, 11:45 PM UTC

mikeyouse wrote: post #20

StavrosK wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that it's secure. If someone breaks it, it means it's broken, but if nobody breaks it, it doesn't mean someone else can't break it (or hasn't already).

Agreed, but the tone of the previous discussion was definitely more along the lines of "This could never work, you guys don't know what you're doing." If it proves resilient over 2.5 months of highly motivated attacks (motivated by both the money / "I-Told-You-So" factor), I think that's a fairly strong statement in their favor.

Post by mcosta » Wed, Dec 18, 2013, 11:47 PM UTC

mds wrote: post #29

Cryptography Snake Oil Warning Sign #9: Cracking contests. https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9902.html (1999)

Post by paveldurov » Wed, Dec 18, 2013, 11:49 PM UTC

suyash wrote: post #35

PLEASE edit the title saying $200K in Bitcoins and not real $.Otherwise it seems link-bait (misleading).

Post by anonymoushn » Wed, Dec 18, 2013, 11:50 PM UTC

mikeyouse wrote: post #20

StavrosK wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that it's secure. If someone breaks it, it means it's broken, but if nobody breaks it, it doesn't mean someone else can't break it (or hasn't already).

Agreed, but the tone of the previous discussion was definitely more along the lines of "This could never work, you guys don't know what you're doing." If it proves resilient over 2.5 months of highly motivated attacks (motivated by both the money / "I-Told-You-So" factor), I think that's a fairly strong statement in their favor.

Post by mcosta » Wed, Dec 18, 2013, 11:50 PM UTC

MichaelGG wrote: post #32

This is such a sham. Here, I'll offer $2000 to break my plaintext crypto. Every morning, in the shower, I'll say a secret word. Email me the secret word and I'll send you $2000 in BTC.