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Re:Signal’s Moxie Marlinspike calls out Telegram founder Pav... by Vinnl on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:58AM (#15282879)
The infuriating thing is that Telegram makes it harder. Some of these have been convinced to give Telegram a try sometime in the past, some actually still use it and like it, but in any case: they believe that Telegram's privacy was good enough, and why would they give yet another app a try now?
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Re:Signal’s Moxie Marlinspike calls out Telegram founder Pav... by miaklesp on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @06:24AM (#15283259)
You're right. Privacy is good enough and apps do not suck.
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Re:Signal’s Moxie Marlinspike calls out Telegram founder Pav... by akvadrako on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @06:42AM (#15283338)
Telegram privacy is not "good enough" for a commonly used communication platform. Most messages are actually stored in plain-text on middleware servers.

I'd be surprised if some state actors don't have access most Telegram messages.

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Re:Signal’s Moxie Marlinspike calls out Telegram founder Pav... by Vinnl on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @07:57AM (#15283796)
If you're switching from WhatsApp to Telegram, you're actually going backwards in terms of privacy, so if that's what you were led to believe, you've been misled.
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