Re:Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian authorities
by nucleardog on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @03:16AM
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If you do ever find a great chat app, let me know as it sounds like our considerations are similar.
I have a few people I chat with that I'd prefer the conversations not be generally available. There's little friction to installing whatever apps we need to get that done.
We want confidentiality, but not inability to do what we want with our own data - as you say, the inability to sync or backup messages is a strong anti-feature. I'm regularly screwing around with software on my phone and don't want to lose all my messages every time I screw around a little too far.
It's okay to tie accounts to phone numbers, but the app shouldn't require (or be an asshole about not allowing) access to things like phone books, SMS, etc. (This is what initially turned me off of Signal.)
Security issues and all, my figuring with Telegram is that at least if anyone it's the Russian government collecting information on me this time instead of the US, China, Google, etc. I'm uninteresting enough that simply spreading it around a little should help in avoiding anyone learning too much about me.
I have a few people I chat with that I'd prefer the conversations not be generally available. There's little friction to installing whatever apps we need to get that done.
We want confidentiality, but not inability to do what we want with our own data - as you say, the inability to sync or backup messages is a strong anti-feature. I'm regularly screwing around with software on my phone and don't want to lose all my messages every time I screw around a little too far.
It's okay to tie accounts to phone numbers, but the app shouldn't require (or be an asshole about not allowing) access to things like phone books, SMS, etc. (This is what initially turned me off of Signal.)
Security issues and all, my figuring with Telegram is that at least if anyone it's the Russian government collecting information on me this time instead of the US, China, Google, etc. I'm uninteresting enough that simply spreading it around a little should help in avoiding anyone learning too much about me.