A number of security professionals have expressed serious concern about Telegram, including Moxie Marlinspike [0] [1] and Geoffroy Couprie [2]. It's really pai

A number of security professionals have expressed serious concern about Telegram, including Moxie Marlinspike [0] [1] and Geoffroy Couprie [2]. It's really painful to see Telegram gaining popularity, when it has such glaring errors. You should instead use OTR on Jabber (ChatSecure [3]), or TextSecure [4] (which now has an Internet delivery mechanism). [0]: http://thoughtcrime.org/blog/telegram-crypto-challenge/ http://thoughtcrime.org/blog/telegram-crypto-challenge/ [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6936539 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6936539 [2]: http://unhandledexpression.com/2013/12/17/telegram-stand-back-we-know-maths/ http://unhandledexpression.com/2013/12/17/telegram-stand-bac... [3]: https://chatsecure.org/ https://chatsecure.org/ [4]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcri...