Some people say it's really privacy-giving and that you should use it as a privacy alternative. Others say it's alao on the big tech side. What's going on with telegram, really?

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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (5 children)

For messaging purpose WhatsApp (if not Signal) is better than Telegram as Telegram chats are not encrypted by default.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Wrong, we do not control WhatsApp. It fails to include a libre software license text file. Nothing secures our messages from WhatsApp.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    Neither do we control Telegram. Both TG and WP are notorious. Even after Telegram client's being open-sourced, no one stopped them from sharing user data to Indian Govt. I am not defending WP, but it at least has a mention that chats are by default E2E encrypted. That's why I mentioned "if not Signal".

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