Many in the crypto and privacy community mistakenly trust Telegram because it’s “end to end encrypted”, but there are huge issues including not hiding the metadata, censorship, centralization, and phone numbers.
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  • Microw@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The only thing Telegram has going for itself is that it’s Non-Meta and Non-Western.

    Anyone who has a closer look at Telegram’s reputation knows that their privacy claims are dubious. If you want end to end encryption, even WhatsApp is better. But these things depend on your individual threat model.

      • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.gg
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, end to end encryption in a closed source app can’t be proven outside of the company and the company can’t be held accountable by the public even if it gets a third party audit at some point because it can always just change the source.

        Open source, client side, end to end encryption is the only serious standard.

    • N-E-N@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Telegram can be E2E, no reason to switch to Meta’s app for it