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Cracking Telegram

The Hong Kong Police Force has been trying to find out the identities of the people running those two Telegram accounts, including by seeking help from cyber experts outside Hong Kong.

 

One cyber expert, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal, said that over the past few months, he was repeatedly approached by senior inspectors to use “any means necessary” to uncover their identities.

In one phone call from a senior inspector, the officer asked the source whether it was possible to break Telegram’s encryption protocol to find out who the administrators behind “dadfindboy” and “tanakayotsuba” were, and where they live, with the intention of arresting them at their homes, the source said.

“They’re very desperate,” he said, adding that the police force was seeking “demigod” level access to Telegram.

He was unwilling to do it on principle, the source said, because he believed it was “Orwellian” for police to track down and punish citizens for online speech. But the task itself would also be technically near impossible. “You would need the NSA working with the CIA” to be able to do that, he said.

Telegram provides end-to-end encryption, meaning only the sender and recipient can read the messages. The company also says on its website that all data sent and received on Telegram cannot be deciphered even if intercepted by an internet service provider, owners of Wi-Fi routers the device connects to, or other third parties.

 

Telegram didn’t respond to a request for comment on its security measures by press time.

 

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/hong-kong-police-seeks-to-hack-telegram-key-tool-in-protests-source-2_3139102.html

 

just too lazy to post in tech news ...

 

How to stop these hackers?

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In a sense, this isn't new.  Telegram has had an active bounty program for a long time offered to anyone who can find a flaw in their security.  Good luck

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that's just unethical

 

this is just like the san bernardino shooting apple thing all over again

 

but wow they are desperate

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48 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

hackers?

they got no morales, the government itself has vast sweat shops of "nerds" and "hackers" stealing whatever they want

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1 minute ago, amdorintel said:

they got no morales, the government itself has vast sweat shops of "nerds" and "hackers" stealing whatever they want

they already breach dozens of international standards, yet nothing could sanction them

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2 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

they already breach dozens of international standards, yet nothing could sanction them

they are a very powerful nation that is certain

they even have facial recognition in all their cameras, to track every citizen and every visitor, they even track your finances, your social media... all black ops

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1 hour ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

How to stop these hackers?

Why would you need to? I'm not aware of anyone having been able to break Telegram's encryption even once or having broken into their servers. Besides that, there's nothing you can do about it anyways.

 

If anything, all this comes out as a vote of confidence in Telegram and they should be happy about such positive PR.

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Just now, WereCatf said:

I'm not aware of anyone having been able to break Telegram's encryption even once or having broken into their servers.

Apple seems to have had a good pubilicity stunt with the cops trying to break into several criminals cell.

 

If there is a will, there is a way.

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1 hour ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

 

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/hong-kong-police-seeks-to-hack-telegram-key-tool-in-protests-source-2_3139102.html

 

just too lazy to post in tech news ...

 

How to stop these hackers?

Epoch times have never been a reliable source of news.

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13 minutes ago, williamcll said:

Epoch times have never been a reliable source of news.

lots of fake news out there, even by "legitimate" "new" sources that have a huge presence in media.

cnn for one

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1 minute ago, amdorintel said:

lots of fake news out there, even by "legitimate" "new" sources that have a huge presence in media.

cnn for one

Oh I am sure. Might as well put Alex Jones as my top radio source.

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1 minute ago, williamcll said:

Alex Jones

that guy is a joke!

same with tyt

good for a laugh, but there are few news worthy, and news trustworthy sources these days. need unbiased news

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24 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

I'm not aware of anyone having been able to break Telegram's encryption even once or having broken into their servers. Besides that, there's nothing you can do about it anyways.

Russia tried. Their response was to just ban it

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