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Re:Telegram surpassed 500M active users. 25 mil new users in... by 7v3x3n3sem9vv on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:02PM (#25753602)
And you would be smart not to. It's like people haven't learned from history and what happened to Facebook and WhatsApp. Moving to Telegram is simply moving to a new Facebook and hoping that they don't sell out or get compromised. All your data is stored by default on their servers and out of your control. Switching to Signal is the only real viable option going into 2021.
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Re:Telegram surpassed 500M active users. 25 mil new users in... by kaba0 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:58AM (#25777026)
While it is not truly private, it is absurd to compare it to a company that lives from tracking people and selling their data..
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