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Indeed, I've been attacked and modded to oblivion on here for mentioning that I use Telegram, and the scope wasn't even security related, just an alternative to
by morganvachon 9y ago
Indeed, I've been attacked and modded to oblivion on here for mentioning that I use Telegram, and the scope wasn't even security related, just an alternative to email for sending non-sensitive photos.
I've found Telegram to be more than good enough for day to day communications where I would previously have used email or SMS/MMS.
- andrepd 9y agoSo is Signal and at least that is secure.
- morganvachon 9y agoAnd once again, if I need that kind of security I'll seek it out. Telegram is more secure than email and SMS, and more convenient for my use case.
- jamesb93 9y agoSignal is not feature rich and harder to get people to use. It also lacks the desktop/laptop integration.
- nkristoffersen 9y agoSignal has desktop apps now https://signal.org/download/ https://signal.org/download/
- cosarara97 9y agoHow do they compare to the telegram desktop client? Are they electron apps?
- mashedvikings 9y agoTelegram is exactly as secure as email. SSL where third party email servers can see your traffic.
- jhasse 9y agoSignal is missing too many convenient features though, e.g. editing messages.
- 24gttghh 9y agoWhy should one be able to edit a message after it is sent in a text-chat app?
- f2n 9y agoBecause one is human and one mistypes... I'm normally on the Signal side of this argument, Telegram is trash and should not be used, but basic features like message editing are legitimate requests. I use Signal heavily and a number of times a day at least I or someone I'm chatting with corrects a previous poorly phrased or incorrectly typed messages. Because Signal has no mechanism for that, it usually involves retyping most of the message or the relevant word and adding an asterisk. I believe if Signal had built-in message editing support it would be used far more than I currently see corrections. To be clear, I would expect Signal to allow me to see previous versions of a message and clearly indicate that it's been changed, but message editing is a valid feature that Signal should absolutely implement.
- 24gttghh 9y agoI've been retyping the offending word and adding * since I started using chat programs 20 years ago, and in every program since...I would think allowing messages to be edited after the fact would allow more problems than solving simple grammar or spelling mistakes most people can think around anyways.
- jhasse 9y agoI thought so, too. But after using Telegram for 3 years as my main messenger: No, it really is very convenient.
- f2n 9y agoI'd imagine I would have thought the same thing before I actively used a messaging tool that supports message editing (I use Slack for work) Further, the goal of Signal is not to work well for people who are accustomed to the various quirks of text-based communications that have existed since forever, but to provide a secure, modern communication client that normies don't find difficult to use. Message editing has become a standard feature of any usable modern messaging client.
- codedokode 9y agoSignal requires to provide a phone number (read: disclose your identity to US Government) to use it.
- andrepd 9y agoI'm not a US citizen. And there is such a thing as prepaid phones, at least where I'm living.