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		akumen on May 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: John McAfee releases secure anti-surveillance mess... So the client is open source but the server and backend isn't, same as Telegram? What is the point? That and McAfee doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

zokier on May 5, 2014 [–]

Where do you see the client sources?

gulbrandr on May 5, 2014 | [–]

See here: https://telegram.org/apps#source-code

zokier on May 5, 2014 | | [–]

I meant for Chadder.

akumen on May 5, 2014 | | [–]

Sorry, I assumed it was clients were open sources based on the article. Now that I looked it appears that is not the case. So ... it is safe because John McAfee?

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