$300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
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$300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
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Re: $300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
#2Have the Nigerian 419 scams gotten more sophisticated?
"Your email must contain: . . - Your bank account details to receive the $300,000 prize."
Re: $300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
#3Obligatory:
https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9812.html
$300,000 isn't a whole lot more than it would cost to get n entire novel cryptosystem for a complex application built out of idiosyncratic components assessed professionally. They should just retain Riscure or Rambus to do that for them instead of the PR stunt.
Previous thread about Telegram on HN, featuring Moxie Marlinspike:
Re: $300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
#4Have the Nigerian 419 scams gotten more sophisticated? "Your email must contain: . . - Your bank account details to receive the $300,000 prize."
What....
Re: $300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
#5Maybe restating the obvious, but why don't they pay out the 300k to some professional pen testers or cryptography auditors and publish the results. At least then they would have a shot at validity in this area.
Re: $300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
#6I give them, or anyone, credit for trying to create a secure messenger. It is not easy. However, I just wish they would release the source code to their clients and server. They have not. That would go a long way.
Re: $300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
#7Obligatory: https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9812.html $300,000 isn't a whole lot more than it would cost to get n entire novel cryptosystem for a complex application built out of idiosyncratic components assessed professionally. They should just retain Riscure or Rambus to do that for them instead of the PR stunt. Previous thread about Telegram on HN, featuring Moxie Marlinspike: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite…
But without the PR stunt there wouldn't be PR?
Re: $300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
#8Maybe restating the obvious, but why don't they pay out the 300k to some professional pen testers or cryptography auditors and publish the results. At least then they would have a shot at validity in this area.
Free PR
Re: $300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
#9I give them, or anyone, credit for trying to create a secure messenger. It is not easy. However, I just wish they would release the source code to their clients and server. They have not. That would go a long way.
Both OTR (ChatSecure on your phone) and TextSecure are good options. Telegram is not a good option.
Re: $300k for Cracking Telegram Encryption
#10Obligatory: https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-9812.html $300,000 isn't a whole lot more than it would cost to get n entire novel cryptosystem for a complex application built out of idiosyncratic components assessed professionally. They should just retain Riscure or Rambus to do that for them instead of the PR stunt. Previous thread about Telegram on HN, featuring Moxie Marlinspike: https://news.ycombinator.com/ite…
PR stunt has side benefits besides pure security even though the method has shortcomings. Namely, the PR part, which may play a significant role in its actual success.
We know for a fact that most people aim for better known than just better.