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		pdappollonio on April 19, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Telegram to award grants to bot developers I'm not up to date, but didn't Telegram had a bounty for someone who could read a conversation even by knowing the phone numbers involved? If so, why the writer here didn't got the bounty?

fabulist on April 19, 2016 | [–]

I don't know specifically, but perhaps this commentary will be enlightening.

https://moxie.org/blog/telegram-crypto-challenge/

https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/1998/1215.html...

CiPHPerCoder on April 19, 2016 | [–]

http://www.cryptofails.com/post/70546720222/telegrams-crypta...

Because their contest is a dumb gimmick that doesn't encompass chosen-ciphertext attacks.

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