Signal’s Moxie Marlinspike calls out Telegram founder Pavel Durov
Last time I looked Telegram wasn't recommended by Moxie and a few other people. That was 2-3 years ago. What's the status now?They came up with their own encryption protocol and they are not trained or known as cryptographers, that's a warning sign.> [Durov] The encryption of Signal (=WhatsApp, FB) was funded by the US Government. I predict a backdoor will be found there within 5 years from now...That's another red flag, needing to spread fud and lies about Signal. Another reason not to trust Telegram. Indicates that maybe their ethics and integrity are a bit too flexible.> During our team's 1-week visit to the US last year we had two attempts to bribe our devs by US agencies + pressure on me from the FBI.Some people might read it as "these guys are so good, FBI is begging to backdoor them". But it can also be read as FBI suspects they are ethically compromised and they have a chance of succeeding.