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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by utf_8x on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:14PM (#25664053)
The Telegram backend is still closed-source as far as I know. The problem with their crypto is that nobody really knows if it's secure or not because it's closed and unverified.

Ever heard the first rule of encryption? "Never roll your own crypto". Well they broke the rule and they won't let anyone check if the crypto is secure or not.

Not to mention encryption is off by default and your plaintext messages are stored on their servers...

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by blehn on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @07:38PM (#25665359)
Cite some sources. They clearly do not store your messages in plaintext on their servers

https://telegram.org/privacy#3-3-your-messages https://telegram.org/privacy#4-1-storing-data

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by fsflover on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:53AM (#25670422)
> in plaintext

They have the encryption key, so the difference is not huge.

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Re:WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebo... by blehn on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:08PM (#25673769)
Stored on different servers in different jurisdictions, right? Sure it's not ideal if you want maximum security of your data, but it _is_ a huge difference from simply storing plain text.
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