New Research about Telegram and Its Technology

August 29, 2024

This essay is the work of a dumb dinobaby. No smart software required.

Next week, my team and I will be presenting a couple of lectures to a group of US government cyber experts. Our topic is Telegram, which has been a focal point of my research team for most of 2024. Much of the information we have included in our talks will be new; that is, it presents a view of Telegram which is novel. However, we have available a public version of the material. Most of our work is delivered via video conferencing with PDFs of selected exhibits provided to those participating in a public version of our research.

For the Telegram project, the public lecture includes:

A block diagram of the Telegram distributed system, including the crypto and social media components
A timeline of Telegram innovations with important or high-impact innovations identified
A flow diagram of the Open Network and its principal components
Likely “next steps” for the distributed operation.

With the first stage of the French judiciary process involving the founder of Telegram completed, our research project has become one of the first operational analyses of what to many people outside of Russia, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and other countries is unfamiliar. Although usage of Telegram in North America is increasing, the service is off the radar of many people.

In fact, knowledge of Telegram’s basic functions is sketchy. Our research revealed:

Users lack knowledge of Telegram’s approach to encryption
The role US companies play in keeping the service online and stable
The automation features of the system
The reach of certain Telegram dApps (distributed applications) and YouTube, to cite one example.

The public version of our presentation at the US government professionals will be available in mid-September 2024. If you are interested in this lecture, please, write benkent2020 at yahoo dot com. One of the Beyond Search team will respond to your inquiry with dates and fees, if applicable.

Stephen E Arnold, August 29, 2024

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under cybercrime, cybersecurity, News, Online (general), Webinar

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.