Re:Security professionals often warn against Telegram
by selykg on Thursday January 28, 2021 @12:12PM
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Yea, Telegram is a great middle ground.. sort of.
It has secure options at least. But importantly doesn't require my phone number to create an account and contact people. But also has a lot of features that are missing in something like Signal.
Signal is my preferred option, but I'm not keen on sharing my phone number with everyone.
Re:Security professionals often warn against Telegram
by selykg on Friday January 29, 2021 @03:39PM
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Sorry, you don't need to use your phone number to contact someone. You can just give them your Telegram username. Which is sufficient for me in my use case for Telegram.
It has secure options at least. But importantly doesn't require my phone number to create an account and contact people. But also has a lot of features that are missing in something like Signal.
Signal is my preferred option, but I'm not keen on sharing my phone number with everyone.