Telegram has been developed by Pavel Durov the founder of the russian social network VK. It was infamous for storing user passwords in plain text and many other

Telegram has been developed by Pavel Durov the founder of the russian social network VK. It was infamous for storing user passwords in plain text and many other data privacy issues. So his track record when it comes to data security and privacy is really bad. I wouldn‘t trust any software developed by Durov. Security and privacy is simply not important to him. This makes Telegram very unpopular at HN.