{"id":86081,"date":"2018-07-28T00:45:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T21:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=86081\/"},"modified":"2018-07-28T00:45:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T21:45:36","slug":"telegram-ios-app-adds-controversial-feature-store-real-world-id-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/technology-en\/telegram-ios-app-adds-controversial-feature-store-real-world-id-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Telegram iOS app adds controversial feature to store real-world ID documents"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the scarier things you need to do to gain access to some apps \u2013 mostly financial ones \u2013 is to prove your identity by uploading a photo of official ID, like a driving license or passport. Most services say that the document will be deleted following verification, but it\u2019s a process that requires a large degree of trust in the company.<\/p>\n

This is an issue\u00a0Telegram<\/a>\u00a0sets out to address in a new update hitting the iOS and Android apps today<\/p>\n

With phase one of its new Telegram Passport service, nothing much changes beyond a little convenience. Instead of uploading ID manually to a new app, you instead store an encrypted copy of your documents in Telegram\u2019s cloud storage. When an app needs to see your ID, it would then be sent from Telegram to the app developers without the need to upload it again.<\/p>\n

Neowin<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reports that phase two would eliminate that second part of the process.<\/p>\n

Telegram wants to implement third-party verification support for Passport. This means that rather than directly sending your ID to each service, Telegram will simply verify that your account is real and log you into supported apps.<\/em><\/p>\n

In other words, if an app developer is willing to trust Telegram\u2019s own verification of your ID, it would not need to have sight of the document.<\/p>\n

The big question with this, of course, is whether you\u2019d be happy to have your ID in anyone\u2019s cloud storage, and in Telegram\u2019s in particular. At present, ID uploads are end-to-end encrypted, so Telegram has no access, but it\u2019s hard to see how that could remain the case if Telegram plans to validate users.<\/p>\n

Telegram\u2019s reputation is mixed. On the one hand, it does have a track record of\u00a0denying government demands<\/a>\u00a0for a copy of encryption keys even when that gets the app banned from a country. On the other hand, some security professionals are skeptical about the app\u2019s use of its own home-grown encryption system \u2013 which cannot be independently audited \u2013 and for the fact that not all messages use end-to-end encryption.<\/p>\n

Personally, I\u2019ll pass, but you may feel differently. Perhaps it\u2019s something Apple should offer?<\/p>\n

Telegram\u00a0is\u00a0a free download from the App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0 9to5mac.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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