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Telegram is a farce. They don't have end-to-end encryption by default, and their encryption protocol(MTProto) is home-made and basically a secret. They haven't
by otalp 10y ago
Telegram is a farce. They don't have end-to-end encryption by default, and their encryption protocol(MTProto) is home-made and basically a secret. They haven't opened it up to testing or open sourced it, so it's pretty useless at ensuring 'privacy'. Plus recently 15 million phone numbers linked to Telegram accounts were hacked because of an SMS verification loophole.
WhatsApp at least has end to end encryption- though that alone isn't enough, but it is not open source and is owned by Facebook. By default, it shares your number and your contacts' numbers with Facebook.
Neither Telegram nor WhatsApp are viable alternatives to anyone interested in privacy.
- kowdermeister 10y ago> though that alone isn't enough Why? I'm not trying to nitpick, I just don't know much on the subject. Not being open source doesn't really concern me nor the fact that my number is known by Facebook. My telecom company knows it, my mother knows it and all my friends know it + also all the companies know it who are used by my friends.
- at612 10y ago> Neither Telegram nor WhatsApp are viable alternatives to anyone interested in privacy. Are you suggesting that the application under discussion here is a viable alternative? If so, how?
- garaetjjte 10y ago>They haven't opened it up to testing or open sourced it https://core.telegram.org/mtproto https://core.telegram.org/mtproto https://telegram.org/apps#source-code https://telegram.org/apps#source-code