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It's ok i guess. Everyone had used whatsapp with no encryption at all before they implemented p2p. I switched from skype to telegram because of its much smalle
by Dolores12 10y ago
It's ok i guess. Everyone had used whatsapp with no encryption at all before they implemented p2p.
I switched from skype to telegram because of its much smaller memory footprint. 400mb+ for skype, 63mb(current) for telegram.
- msh 10y agoI am not going to comment on the quality of telegram but whatsapp have been using top notch crypto for some time: https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp-complete/ https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp-complete/
- jhasse 10y agoAt least that's what they tell you. We can't know for sure because it's closed-source.
- akjainaj 10y agoWhatsApp is as closed as the version of Telegram you download from the (App|Play) Store. Before you say "but I can compile it myself", think of how many people will ever bother to do that.
- throwaway122916 10y agoSame as every other app including Signal. For the record, not advocating using Telegram over Signal.
- d33 10y agoOne would do in order to unearth any backdoors. In case of WhatsApp, that would be more difficult.
- jhasse 10y agoYou can download it from F-Droid where they will compile it from the source for you. Yes, only very few people will use that version, too. But with that logic there isn't any reason for open-source at all.
- tptacek 10y agoNo, we can easily know for sure, despite the fact that it's closed source.
- Dolores12 10y agoAccording to https://www.eff.org/node/82654 https://www.eff.org/node/82654 whatsapp 6 out of 7 telegram(in secret chat) 7 out of 7 So i am not going to comment on the quality of whatsapp, because their sources are closed.
- msh 10y agoBut I think you need to mention by default telegram is 4 out of 7, by default whatsapp is 6 out of 7 if you want to compare that kind of thing. Most people are not going to use the secret chat.
- throwaway122916 10y agoIs anyone so incapable that they would not know how to enable the secure features? Most people don't care about secret chat. This is for people who care. Granted, they don't have secret chat on Desktop which makes the whole app useless in general unless you only use phones for communication.
- Dolores12 10y ago>Most people are not going to use the secret chat. This is a reason i said "It's ok" in my original comment. Few people need encryption in day to day communication, but if you need it telegram is better.
- pfg 10y ago> This is version 1.0 of our scorecard; it is out of date, and is preserved here for purely historical reasons.
- Dolores12 10y agoIt is out of date but they have revised it just after whatsapp implemented p2p encryption. Before that whatsapp rating was even lower.
- FabHK 10y agoCompletely out of date. Try this one: https://www.securemessagingapps.com https://www.securemessagingapps.com Recommends Signal and (with caveats) Threema and Wire.