Telegram is a downgrade in terms of both security and privacy. Just leaving the comment for people who consider it. It's an excellent platform and a joy to use but I personally refuse to use it.
how? I thought they where the first ones to implement e2e encryption?
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#22Telegram is a downgrade in terms of both security and privacy. Just leaving the comment for people who consider it. It's an excellent platform and a joy to use but I personally refuse to use it.
Care to elaborate? Haven't heard/read anything that points in that direction. Except for the "nearby people" feature but that its up to you to enable.
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#25What's next ? What happens when Signal is bought by Microsoft and Discord is bought by Google ?
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#26Telegram is a downgrade in terms of both security and privacy. Just leaving the comment for people who consider it. It's an excellent platform and a joy to use but I personally refuse to use it.
how? I thought they where the first ones to implement e2e encryption?
- Only Secret Chats are E2EE. Normal use is just subject to transport encryption. However, this is true for any platform with server-side chat history.
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#27I miss matrix in the options. It's the only modern network that still really cares about federation
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#28Telegram is a downgrade in terms of both security and privacy. Just leaving the comment for people who consider it. It's an excellent platform and a joy to use but I personally refuse to use it.
how? I thought they where the first ones to implement e2e encryption?
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#30Telegram is a downgrade in terms of both security and privacy. Just leaving the comment for people who consider it. It's an excellent platform and a joy to use but I personally refuse to use it.
> Telegram is a downgrade in terms of both security and privacy Care to elaborate? Haven't heard/read anything that points in that direction. Except for the "nearby people" feature but that its up to you to enable.
I agree its a downgrade in security. But I dont agree with it being a downgrade in privacy.