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Not sure why people use TG for secrecy anymore, as it's been proven to have none of the benefits sought after by privacy forward folks. This is just another na
by junon 3y ago
Not sure why people use TG for secrecy anymore, as it's been proven to have none of the benefits sought after by privacy forward folks.
This is just another nail in the coffin.
- znpy 3y agoI use with all my friends instead of whatsapp. It’s just incredibly better as an app, under all points of view. I can also easily create bots for my own purposes, very simply. Privacy is generally okay, my threat model is not state actor, so I’m fine. Whatsapp claims to be end to end encrypted, but I don’t trust anything from meta.
- bigger_inside 3y agoI don't trust the encryption, but I especially don't trust the WhatsApp backups - and if I disable cloud backups for my messages, it asks me every few weeks if I don't want to turn it on, and I have to choose "never" every single time. And if the people I talk to back up, it's in their cloud anyway.
- znpy 3y agoI could write my own client for telegram, can’t do the same for whatsapp. Unless I can see (and run my own build of) the code, it’s all marketing bullshit. Code or stfu.
- tail_exchange 3y agoI'd bet most people in the West don't. They use it because it's a very good messenger.
- lilsoso 3y agoCan you share what you're referring to when you say it's proven to not have privacy?
- wkat4242 3y agoIts secret chats do what they promise. Not as handy as Whatsapp (only work on one device and both partners need to be online for the key exchange) but it does the job. Telegram focuses more on big public groups anyway where this doesn't matter so much because anyone can join. This is really what I use it for too.
- TheHumanist 3y agoActually just deleted it from my phone this morning. It's beyond garbage. I cringe every time I need to open it. But I realized I never really need to open it. So it's gone. Awful app.