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> But even worse than that, end-to-end encryption is off-by-default, and users must opt into it. Why? Because it is unusable. It has no synchronization between
by ycmbntrthrwaway 9y ago
> But even worse than that, end-to-end encryption is off-by-default, and users must opt into it. Why?
Because it is unusable. It has no synchronization between devices, only 1 device to 1 device. And if you accidentally closed the chat, you have to verify it again. You can't store trusted key fingerprint.
It is not suitable for mobile devices. Secure chats are like OTR, but with bad crypto. Signal and WhatsApp are the same protocol as OMEMO, originally designed for Signal.
> so that the simple fact of using Telegram does not mark users as targets for heightened surveillance in certain countries
And yet Telegram is associated with terrorism more that, e.g., WhatsApp.