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Unlike WhatsApp that IIRC you've advertised until earlier this year Telegram doesn't upload unencrypted chat history to Google. Telegram has its issues, yes, b
by eitland 7y ago
Unlike WhatsApp that IIRC you've advertised until earlier this year Telegram doesn't upload unencrypted chat history to Google.
Telegram has its issues, yes, but it would be nice if we could agree at some point that it is possible to discuss security outside the context of E2E encryption.
> I'm not really snarking at you;
Well I'll have to take your word for that but you have a long history of showing up on Telegram discussions.
- Fnoord 7y agoWhatsApp does not upload unencrypted chat history to Google for me. In fact, I don't even have a Google Account on my LineageOS device, so it can't upload to Google either...
- berns 7y agoIf you're using a custom ROM or rooted phone, your messages won't be protected with end-to-end encryption. https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/26000005/?category=5245235 https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/26000005/?category=52452...
- StavrosK 7y agoWait wait wait what? Does this mean they disable encryption, or just that the messages will be as "unprotected" as being affected with a key logger?
- gsich 7y agoIt's FUD.
- dodobirdlord 7y agoPresumably they expect the OS security primitives to work in a particular way, and since they can't rely on that from a rooted device they just don't bother.
- fwn 7y agoHow would I know whether the person I'm writing to has a rooted phone? I'm not a security expert, but this sounds like an obvious problem.