

Note that this is a verification of the protocol rather than a specific implementation. The paper can be found on their website in PDF form. A team from the Italy’s University of Udine has verified the MTProto 2.0 protocol used by Telegram for securing its chats. WhatsApp claims are addressed by TelegramĪs for the privacy of secret chats, Vaughn points out that Cathcart is wrong about Telegram’s End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) protocol not being independently verified. Telegram clarifies that location tracking is only possible if the user explicitly makes their location publicly visible.


The list addresses various claims in the Wired article, including the one about location tracking. Telegram has compiled a list of nine errors in the Wired article, which can be found on telegra.ph, a minimalistic publishing tool by Telegram. And the editorial team ignored comments and responses from Telegram, which in turn misled Cathcart. According to Vaughn, the Wired article contained many errors.
