The fact that the prog does not pull all the data from the phone to this server, which Durov does not touch at all - there is no guarantee for this.
Warranty is open source. In which you can see that the program does not transmit to the server "all data from the phone."
And in the signal, and in the telegram everything is in order. Unlike other popular programs (watsapp, etc.).
they will not crack the cipher, but simply come and confiscate the server under absolutely any pretext
OK, confiscated. What's next?
If the server contains encrypted messages, and the key to them in principle does not exist on the server - let them crack and read. Years after dtsat.
On the telegram server it will be exactly like this (we are talking only about the secret chat, and not about the usual chats / channels).
And indeed, now the FBI is pressing Durov on the topic of "giving the keys", but for him to remove the secret chats from the messenger at all.
But how it is arranged in signal - I have not yet understood. I would be grateful (+) if someone pokes his nose in the description (you can in English).
this window dressing with kilobaxes is a complete mess
Thanks to this "window dressing" a person has already received money. Although not the full amount: he did not read the chat, but found a potential vulnerability in the code. See details on HabrГ©.
Is Signal's source code also closed?
And what's the point in server codes? After all, there is no way to verify that the published code corresponds to the executable modules on the server.
A truly secure application should at least allow using not just phone numbers as identifiers.
What kind of anonymity then speech.
Yes, the very fact that people with such telephone numbers communicated with each other - on the server the signal (telegram, watsapp, etc.) is stored. And, of course, can be merged with the relevant services. With this you need to either accept or not use such instant messengers at all (and, by the way, a mobile phone, too).
But the content of this communication is quite possible to protect.
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