G+_Marlon Thompson Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 With all the Apple FBI thing and Ron's choice of Telegram last week and viewing some comments on the poll, I decided to dig a little deeper into the app and how secure it is. First up is this Steve Gibson episode of security Now from 2014 where Steve talks about his uncertainty about Telegram https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-444.htm . BTW Jason Howell it would be great to hear if Steve still has these reservations. But we also have the EFF giving a breakdown of messaging clients with telegram's secret chats feature getting top billing https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard . I know some people are going to hate me but I think some time should be devoted on Tuesday's show to talk about the Apple issue. The fact is on Android things are different, all the FBI would have needed if it was an Android phone was the users gmail password (which Google would have given them with a court order) as they just had to guess the pin wrong a few times and they would have been presented with the dialog box. Also what is the state of encryption. I know have it enabled on my Nexus device but it's not the default on millions of Android phones. I certainly didn't read any coverage of security or encryption from the MWC keynotes. So I have to ask is it important how much do we care. Just asking edit Thanks to Ian Wilkinson for the info here is Steve giving an update on Telegram last December, he is still not keen on it https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-538.htm https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-444.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Stronge Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Is GRC up again then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mark Stronge Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Nexus phones are encrypted and I think any v5 android can be encrypted in the settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ian Wilkinson Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Marlon Thompson Steve looked at it again in 538, I think someone had done some crypto-analysis and found telegram very lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Marlon Thompson Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Ian Wilkinson Thanks for the heads up adding in that link to the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ian Wilkinson Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Marlon Thompson No problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Pete Moisan Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Jakob Jakobsen's thesis is a really interesting read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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