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hkpacktoday at 4:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

What does heavily encrypted even mean? Fully encrypted? Slightly encrypted? Encrypted enough to call it “heavily encrypted” but not enough to be protected from whoever is interested?


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Perz1valtoday at 4:44 PM

Heavily means the key is large so it takes longer to crack, but also longer to encrypt/decrypt, so the service is more costly to run and slower. At least I've seen it used that way

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dakollitoday at 4:52 PM

telegram is the safest encrypted messaging app. Period, full stop.

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