Signal is having technical difficulties

Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by m12k on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:06PM (#25795634)

Telegram has optional E2E encryption (as does WhatsApp) which puts it ahead of Facebook Messenger. Unlike FB Messenger and WhatsApp, the company behind Telegram so far doesn't have a history of selling your personal data. I'd say it's fairly competitive, though obviously not ahead of Signal

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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by eitland on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:27PM (#25795924)

> Telegram has optional E2E encryption (as does WhatsApp)

WhatsApp, for all its faults is E2E-encrypted by default and all the time.

Not that it helps much unless you avoid activating backups and convince all your contacts to avoid backups.

I don't like WhatsApp (anymore), but we should stick to the facts.

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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by m12k on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:55PM (#25796313)

Thanks for setting the record straight. I actually thought you needed to opt in (was that maybe how it worked when they first added it?) but I'm glad to hear it's always on

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Re:Signal is having technical difficulties by thekyle on Friday January 15, 2021 @06:11PM (#25797827)

Facebook Messenger also has optional E2E encryption in a feature called Secret Conversations which is very similar to Telegram's Secret Chats. A big difference though is that Facebook uses the Signal protocol while Telegram rolled their own.

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