Comment on ‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS

• blah3166@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Telegram is basically not even encrypted. They are not offering the same service.

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  • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For the purpose of “shoot a message, go offline and be certain it’s sent” it’s the same service.

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    • blah3166@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If sending a message is the only requirement, email fits the bill and has worked for half a century. If we’re being real, the reason Signal “can’t do what Telegram does” is because Telegram doesn’t even attempt to do what Signal does. Signal is tackling a much bigger problem.

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