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One of the most important rules of cybersecurity is: never roll your own encryption.
And what did the guys at Telegram do? Rolled their own encryption.
If you are into Telegram because you think it's secure, think again. There are much better alternatives out there, adopting proved industry standards. Signal or Matrix just to name a few.
What does 'rolling encryption' mean (if it's possible to ELI15).
'Rolling your own...' is a comparison to rolling your own cigarettes. That is, creating your own version from scratch instead of using something ready-made.
OP probably meant "to roll out", meaning: "to deploy".
Nah, it's I guess jargon at this point, but it really just means to make up your own crypto algos.