The number of data requests fulfilled by Telegram skyrocketed, with the company providing data to U.S. authorities on 2,253 users last year.
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Okay. You tell me what the double ratchet is, since you’re so smart.

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The double ratchet algo is irrelevant if the app is doing something else altogether.

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Compiling the app is irrelevant if I don’t read the source.

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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That’s nonsense, because many different people read the source and audit open source software. While it’s certainly possible to sneak malicious code in, the trust doesn’t depend on each single individual auditing it. It’s a collective effort.

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okay, but reproducible builds solve the rest of that problem

https://signal.org/blog/reproducible-android/

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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Yeah, now that they finally have reproducible builds, at least you can trust that the client is doing what it says it’s doing.

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