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welder
on Feb 7, 2018
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Telegram doesn't use passwords...
gant
on Feb 7, 2018
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Fine. They call it a passcode:
https://telegram.wiki/desktop/tdesktoppasscode
CiPHPerCoder
on Feb 7, 2018
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Wait, how are they turning the passcode into a 2048-bit key? Is this an RSA key? How do they ensure it's not factorable, etc.?
stavros
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They probably just create the key and then encrypt it with the pass code, as people usually do in these cases.
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