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Signal is great and I believe it does have better crypto. But the UI is severely lacking along with feature set. Telegram feels like it's adding something new
by otachack 6y ago
Signal is great and I believe it does have better crypto. But the UI is severely lacking along with feature set.
Telegram feels like it's adding something new every few months, though the documentation over the features is poor since it's mostly through announcements. It's also a lot more customizable. I ultimately settled on Telegram because it was a good balance of feature-rich and crypto (when you use it)
That being said, it was hard enough to get a small group of friends to transition to Telegram. Signal would be much harder due to not having so many niceties.
I wish both to continue competing against each other, though. It's great to have choices that aren't owned by the big corporations.
- utf_8x 6y agoI agree, the UI is very lacking and the UX could be better but there are VERY frequent updates and new features seem to be added regularly...
- hertzrat 6y agoI never found signal lacking in any way, except that occasionally push notifications don’t get through. When people say signal is lacking in features, what do they mean? Simplicity is appealing too
- jlelse 6y agoThey (at least it's me) are possibly meaning the excellent multi-device use. I can easilly use Telegram on like 10 different devices, all chats are in sync.
- drran 6y agoThis also means that it's much easier to spy on someone on Telegram: just create a fake device with telegram, then login the user into it using a phone with fake identity. Easy-peasy for a (Russian) government.
- gaudat 6y agoI am not sure what do you mean by spying. How does "create a fake device with telegram" work? It seems hard to add a rogue device to an existing user's account without them knowing. The 5-digit login code is sent by SMS only when there is no other devices logged into Telegram in the account. In all other cases the user will be notified by seeing the confirmation code message on their Telegram app. One can add a password as an authentication factor for their Telegram account also. Just in case the login code is intercepted.
- karlmcguire 6y agoAny time someone logs into your account you immediately get a notification on all devices with the IP address the attempt originated from.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoYeah, e2ee importance for chat is grossly overrepresented. Vast majority of users would happily trade security and privacy for convenience.
- Klonoar 6y agoOne thing that's frustrating re: Signal is the client being a bloated entity (on desktop). In comparison, Telegram runs laps around it, and is a true native experience in many cases. It's a joy to use, whereas Signal - while amazing, and probably better in terms of privacy aspects - feels foreign and unwelcome.