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Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot (rys.io)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Investigation by investigative journalism outlet IStories (EN version by OCCRP) shows that Telegram uses a single, FSB-linked company as their infrastructure provider globally.

Telegram's MTProto protocol also requires a cleartext identifier to be prepended to all client-server messages.

Combined, these two choices by Telegram make it into a surveillance tool.

I am quoted in the IStories story. I also did packet captures, and I dive into the nitty-gritty technical details on my blog.

Packet captures and MTProto deobfuscation library I wrote linked therein so that others can retrace my steps and check my work.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (24 children)

Matrix

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (23 children)

I would most definitely not recommend Matrix for private or sensitive communication, no.

https://soatok.blog/2024/07/31/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-signal-competitor/
https://soatok.blog/2024/08/14/security-issues-in-matrixs-olm-library/

Matrix is fine as IRC replacement, it might also be a decent replacement for Telegram's channels thingy, sure. But I would not trust my family photos to it. Much less anything actually important.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's all FUD. Matrix is as secure as Signal if you - like Signal - rely on a single centralized server. Actually, since you can host it yourself, it would be even more secure since you don't need to trust Signal.

(I defend infrastructure and perform hacks against cryptograph & protocols for a living)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

(I defend infrastructure and perform hacks against cryptograph & protocols for a living)

If you need to say it…

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