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Re:Cryptographers unearth vulnerabilities in Telegram's encr... by strogonoff on Sunday July 18, 2021 @03:12PM (#27875645)
Ah. I’m not using any of those features, I just use it for text messaging.
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Re:Cryptographers unearth vulnerabilities in Telegram's encr... by theshrike79 on Sunday July 18, 2021 @03:19PM (#27875737)
If you use Whatsapp as a SMS replacement, then you'll be fine.

Many Telegram users use them for chats with large groups of people (hundreds or thousands) with native bot support being a huge thing.

Whatsapp and Signal don't give many tools for handling groups that big, with Telegram you can actually manage it.

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Re:Cryptographers unearth vulnerabilities in Telegram's encr... by strogonoff on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @04:56PM (#27899204)
May I recommend Matrix, where group chats can actually be secure. By using Telegram for that you are basically leaking your group chats to a tiny company of unknown structure, as well as whomever they may be liable to be influenced by.

If you only use Telegram for convenience and not security, then I guess my point upstream stands.

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