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Citation? The author of the article provides theirs, and a cursory glance at the chart that telegram themselves provides reveals that the authentication key is not encrypted at all.
Here's the part of the article you may have missed that clarifies why that's actually a huge issue:
Why exactly did Telegram create a proprietary messaging protocol that uses this "surprising and unnecessary protocol design choice, present neither in Signal nor WhatsApp"?
Maybe it was just a huge coincidence, compounded by other huge coincidences. You tell me. You have the opportunity to blow this article wide open.