Pretty much this. I use Telegram not because I think it's the most secure messenger, but because it's better than fucking Skype.
Re:Video Messages and Telescope on Telegram
by reitanqild on Friday May 19, 2017 @03:11PM
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If you have friends on AOL IM, by all means use it to organize which bar you're going to meet up in tonight.
For all intents and purposes that is what most of us do. We share photos of smiling kids and messy homes.
But don't ever kid yourself that it's a secure messenger.
Totally fine. I already don't trust Telegrams crypto.
I'm not saying it is secure, only it works really really well and isn't owned by a known evil entity who for some reason found it worth to pay 19B just to destroy the best messenger app I knew :-)
Also remember: WhatsApp didn't have very good crypto before they changed their protocol.
Re:Video Messages and Telescope on Telegram
by unicornporn on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:13PM
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> I'm not saying it is secure, only it works really really well and isn't owned by a known evil entity who for some reason found it worth to pay 19B just to destroy the best messenger app I knew :-)
Isn't owned by a known evil entity? I think jury is still out on that. https://www.instagram.com/p/-MrPWGr7aL/
You should treat Telegram the same way you treat AOL Instant Messenger. If you have friends on AOL IM, by all means use it to organize which bar you're going to meet up in tonight. But don't ever kid yourself that it's a secure messenger. Telegram is deeply unserious about security.