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A comment on Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban on youth social media. Parent comment

Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by stevage on Monday February 02, 2026 @12:21AM (#46852721)
Wait, you're saying that using Signal or Telegram is compromising privacy?

I'm really curious what you're hoping for?

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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by attendant3446 on Monday February 02, 2026 @03:22AM (#46853703)
For starters, not sending a notification "he is now using this app!" to everyone who has my phone number.
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Re:Finland to end "uncontrolled human experiment" with ban o... by akimbostrawman on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @02:35AM (#46867752)
>Wait, you're saying that using Signal or Telegram is compromising privacy?

How come after all these years even people here still don't know telegram by default has no end to end encryption at all making it worse than facebooks WhatsApp? At this point it deserves to be called telegram distortion field.

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