Messaging programs are a closely watched application category. Experts scrutinize how communications are protected from government surveillance dragnets and hackers. One of the latest programs to come under fire is Telegram, backed by Pavel Durov, who founded the popular social networking site Vkontakte. A security expert says Telegram is well intended but has several weak spots. Telegram has dismissed the attack in a blog post as too expensive to pull off, but says it’s working on an additional cloud-based password mechanism.”]
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