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Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by circularfoyers on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @02:26AM (#25643057)
I believe why Telegram is considered more secure is the source code for it's clients are open source. Which means it's possible to ascertain what the app is and isn't sending. You're not able to confidently verify that WhatsApp isn't doing more that it claims including verifying it's E2EE implementation.
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Re:Telegram publishes users' locations online by Andrew_nenakhov on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @02:51AM (#25643222)
Not really. It's just marketing push that 'Telegram is the most secure messenger' that somehow does the job, and the unwitting public is happy to accept it as a fact.

As of source code... do you really need a source code if you can login with just your username/password and instantly see all your chats? For anyone who has some remote understanding of the matter it clearly tells that chat history is stored on servers without meaningful encryption and that server owner can access all chat history at will.

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